Jewish History
A New Low for the International Committee of the Red Cross?
A new low for the International Committee of the Red Cross? When it indirectly sponsors activities honoring terrorist murderers. The International Committee of the Red Cross is known for its work as an “independent, neutral organization” which organizes protection and assistance for non-combatants who are actually, or risk becoming, victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence....
December 19, 2012 8:50 pm
Babe Ruth and the Holocaust
Babe Ruth is remembered for his home runs on the field and his hot dog binges and other...
December 17, 2012 6:12 pm
The 2012 Jewish Year in Review
We’re in the middle of 5773, but turning the corner on 2012 and saying goodbye to a year...
December 13, 2012 5:32 pm
The Yiddish Language’s Literal and Figurative Rescuer
AMHERST, MA—Aaron Lansky’s decades-long mission is typified by an “emergency” call...
December 12, 2012 5:12 pm
Rare Silver Spice Tower Sells for Record $337,900 (PHOTOS)
Kestenbaum & Company’s auction of rare Judaica broke a record December 6th. “An...
December 11, 2012 9:48 pm
Defiance, Then Destruction: Chanukah in the Warsaw Ghetto
“Never before in Jewish Warsaw were there as many Hanukkah celebrations as in this year...
December 11, 2012 2:31 pm
Famed Archeologist Claims Possible Proof That Noah’s Ark Flood Actually Happened
The famed archaeologist responsible for discovering the titanic wreck says that he thinks...
December 9, 2012 10:12 am
Chanukah: The Untold Story
During the eight days of Hanukkah, traditional Jews add the following to their daily prayers:...
December 7, 2012 2:23 pm
Real Chanukah Heroes and the Nechemya Weberman Case
What is Chanukah? Thus the Talmud asks, in its only reference to the story of Chanukah. And...
December 4, 2012 2:39 pm
Israel’s State Archive Releases Golda Meir’s Chicken Soup Recipe
Jewish mothers and chicken soup with matzo balls are nearly synonymous with one another. So...
November 30, 2012 8:30 am
Historic Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Old City to be Restored
The Jerusalem Municipality has announced plans to restore the historic Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue,...
November 20, 2012 11:33 am
Gaza 2012: Proportionality and Collective Punishment
It would be a denial of reality to assume that only a small group of terrorists could be...
November 18, 2012 3:26 am
10 Years on, Victim of Arab Terror Coulter Remembered Through NY Street
The average pedestrian standing at the corner of Madison Avenue and 69th Street in New York...
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Personalities Sports
NBA Finals a Time to Remember Legendary Jewish Coach Red Auerbach
JNS.org - At the start of each nationally televised game of the 2013 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, ABChas aired a film-clip montage of basketball’s great players and coaches—a montage that includes Jewish coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, the mastermind behind nine championship teams for the Boston Celtics. Red was one of four children of Marie and Hyman Auerbach. Hyman was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who left Belarus when he was 13. The couple owned a deli and [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish History
The Marx Brothers and Jewish Identity
JNS.org - The sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France, the Marx Brothers became zany masters of stage and screen who continue to captivate audiences. But in addition to providing comic relief, their films captured the drama of the entry of their marginalized religion into the U.S. Wayne Koestenbaum, author of the 2012 book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx, explains that the Marx Brothers’ Jewishness as a family “was evident, marked, thoroughly legible.” “Within a family already marked as Jewish within [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
SuperJew
For my shekels, the question of whether the comic book character Superman, is Jewish or not shouldn’t even be questioned. Born and named Kal-El by his father Jor-El, “El” is one of the ancient names for God used throughout the bible and found in great prophets such as Samue-el, Dani-el and angels Micha-el and Gavri-el and of course, Isra-el. As Simcha Weinstein in his entertaining book, “Up, Up And Oy Vey” points out, “Kal” is the root of several Hebrew [...]
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Israel Sports
Formula 1 Road Show Thrills Jerusalem
JNS.org – Some 100,000 people attended Israel’s first-ever Formula 1 Road Show in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday. For several hours, the controversies that normally characterize Jerusalem were put aside, and a diverse mosaic of Israelis watched up close as the motor-sport stars temporarily conquered the city. “It was an amazing experience, the most fast and furious thing I have seen,” spectator Masada Porat told Israel Hayom. “It was a rare, extreme event that explodes in your face.” Spectator Irena [...]
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Book Reviews Jewish Identity
Klara’s Journey Casts Jews in Fast-Paced Adventure Through Russian History
JNS.org – “If you’re sick, move away. Have some consideration for others,” a red army soldier scolds a slow-moving old man selling train tickets. “No, fires back the old man, proud, haughty, not realizing it’s a new country, a Bolshevik country where force heads the list instead of civility,” reads the following line in Ben G. Frank’s new novel, Klara’s Journey, released June 1. Reminiscent of Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago—whose backdrop is also a train ride across the Russian frontier during the [...]
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Personalities Theater
Nora Ephron, Famed Jewish Screenwriter, Remembered Through Tribeca Film Festival Prize
JNS.org – For filmmaker Meera Menon, no honor could have been more fitting than winning the inaugural award named after famed Jewish screenwriter and novelist Nora Ephron, the woman whose work inspired her. At the recent 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Menon was named the first recipient of the $25,000 Nora Ephron Prize, given to a writer or director whose work embodies that of the late Ephron, who wrote the scripts for a number of hit films, including “When Harry Met [...]
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Book Reviews Personalities
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org – Despite his friends’ and family’s doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious values, between 1999 and 2009 the “Jewish Jordan” defied conventional wisdom and found his place on the court. In his new memoir, Jewish Jordan’s Triple Threat, Tamir Goodman describes his triumphs and disappointments in life, crediting his practice of Judaism for shaping his identity as an athlete and his understanding of basketball as a team sport. [...]
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Blogs Sports
Omri Casspi, ‘Jewish Jordan’ Partner on Basketball Camps to Inspire Youths On and Off the Court
Tamir Goodman (left) and NBA forward Omri Casspi—pictured on the court of the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls—together run basketball camps that seek to inspire youths on and off the court. Photo: Courtesy Tamir Goodman. JNS.org – Before last year, basketball camps for Jewish youths never had an instructor quite like Omri Casspi, a forward for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers and the first Israeli-born player in NBA history. Casspi is a de facto ambassador for [...]
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