Jewish Identity
Purim: Are You Doing it Right?
Purim is a festival renown for celebration, excessive drinking and wild, outlandish costumes; or, as Chasids in Brooklyn call it, Tuesday. It's...
All-Women Jewish Ambulance Service Will Start in New York
NY Daily News - The all-male Hatzolah EMT crew snubbed them — so a group of Brooklyn Jewish women are starting their own ladies-only ambulance service. Borough Park lawyer Rachel Freier, 46, held the first...
Canadian TV Host Insinuates to Rabbi Shmuley Jews Control Hollywood
Today I had what was probably the most unpleasant TV interview of my life on Canada's Sun News Network (national). Interviewed by host Michael Coren about my book Kosher Jesus, I expected to...
“Unorthodox” Belongs in the Fiction Section
Who would have guessed that Anti-Semitism could lurk in the allegedly autobiographical words of a young Jewish woman? But they have, in 'Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots', the memoir of Deborah Feldman,...
Chabad Breaks the Ice With Mission to Antarctica
Chabad has gone where no Jewish movement has gone before: Antarctica. Last Wednesday, Chabad...
A Royal State of Affairs – KFWE 2012
Last week I had the pleasure of attending one of the best wine tasting events...
US Jews Rank High in Religiosity and Well-Being Survey
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey conducted 676,080 random telephone interviews with adults aged 18 and...
Dior’s Natalie Portman Ad Causes Stir in Lebanon
A 50 foot billboard of Academy Award winning actress Natalie Portman marketing Dior cosmetics has...
Philadelphia Center Lowers Cost for Jewish Genetic Disease Testing
Market Watch - The Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases at ...
Purim: Are You Doing it Right?
Purim is a festival renown for celebration, excessive drinking and wild, outlandish costumes; or, as Chasids in Brooklyn call it, Tuesday. It's the...
All-Women Jewish Ambulance Service Will Start in New York
NY Daily News - The all-male Hatzolah EMT crew snubbed them — so a group of Brooklyn Jewish women are starting their own ladies-only...
Canadian TV Host Insinuates to Rabbi Shmuley Jews Control Hollywood
Today I had what was probably the most unpleasant TV interview of my life on Canada's Sun News Network (national). Interviewed by host...
“Unorthodox” Belongs in the Fiction Section
Who would have guessed that Anti-Semitism could lurk in the allegedly autobiographical words of a young Jewish woman? But they have, in 'Unorthodox: The Scandalous...
Chabad Breaks the Ice With Mission to Antarctica
Chabad has gone where no Jewish movement has gone before: Antarctica. Last Wednesday, Chabad emissary Meir Alfasi set sail from Argentina to Antarctica,...
A Royal State of Affairs – KFWE 2012
Last week I had the pleasure of attending one of the best wine tasting events of the year, Royal Wine Corporation's KFWE2012 (Kosher Food &...
US Jews Rank High in Religiosity and Well-Being Survey
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index survey conducted 676,080 random telephone interviews with adults aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District...
Dior’s Natalie Portman Ad Causes Stir in Lebanon
A 50 foot billboard of Academy Award winning actress Natalie Portman marketing Dior cosmetics has gone up in Lebanon's capital city of Beirut, and anti-Israel...
Philadelphia Center Lowers Cost for Jewish Genetic Disease Testing
Market Watch - The Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia has been at the forefront...
KFWE Kosher Food and Wine Extravaganza 2012 (PHOTOS)
Well before the Sixth Annual Kosher Wine and Food Experience came to Chelsea Piers in New York City February 13, the event was...
Jerusalem Students Greet Oldest Couple to Make Aliyah in History
A class of 33 eighth grade students from Hebrew University High School (Leyada) in Jerusalem, greeted the oldest couple to make aliyah in the history...
The Beard Returns: Matisyahu Releases New Pictures
"At the break of day I look for you at sunrise. When the tide comes in I lose my disguise." At sunrise on Tuesday, December 13,...
Miami, a Vending Machine, and My First YZL Conference
I had never been to a Jewish-related conference before YZL (Young Zionist Leadership); actually I had never been to any sort of conference . I...
Shakespeare Hid Jewish Roots in Order to Write in England
Jewish Chronicle - What's in a name? William Shapiro might be able to tell you - but you probably know him better as Shakespeare. According...
