Spirituality/Tradition
Questions About TIME Magazine’s Parenting Cover Story
Time magazine's cover story about attachment parenting has garnered a great deal of attention. Clearly, the shock value of showing an attractive young mother...
What Happened to the Borscht Belt?
Food, fun, dancing, celebrities, comedians. Grossinger's and the Concord. Bring back any memories? The mostly defunct summer resorts of New York's Catskill Mountains were popular vacation spots for Jews from the 1920s up to...
Greek Far-Right Party Denies Auschwitz Gas Chambers
An extreme-right party in Greece is being condemned by Jewish groups for denying the Holocaust on national television. Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the Golden Dawn party, said in a TV interview...
Veteran Leader Takes CEO Role at Major Jewish Charity JDC
In the wake of the announcement that American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Executive Vice President and CEO Steven Schwager will step down as CEO, JDC has named veteran Jewish community executive...
“Follow Me” Film Brings Entebbe Hero to Life
Yoni Netanyahu helped saved 102 Israeli hostages on a dark July 4 at Entebbe. Though mortally...
The Limits of the Free Market
As I was writing this essay a newspaper headline caught my eye. It read, "The...
For U.S. Russian Jewry, An Exercise in Identity
A gap remains between young Russian Jews and the larger American Jewish community, even as...
NY Teen Wins National Torah Competition
A high school freshman recently won her division of the Chidon HaTanach, a national Torah competition...
64 Years Ago Today, Ben-Gurion Announced the Establishment of Israel (VIDEO)
On May 14th, 1948, David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the Jewish State in Israel....
Questions About TIME Magazine’s Parenting Cover Story
Time magazine's cover story about attachment parenting has garnered a great deal of attention. Clearly, the shock value of showing an attractive young mother breast-feeding...
What Happened to the Borscht Belt?
Food, fun, dancing, celebrities, comedians. Grossinger's and the Concord. Bring back any memories? The mostly defunct summer resorts of New York's Catskill Mountains were popular...
Greek Far-Right Party Denies Auschwitz Gas Chambers
An extreme-right party in Greece is being condemned by Jewish groups for denying the Holocaust on national television. Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of...
Veteran Leader Takes CEO Role at Major Jewish Charity JDC
In the wake of the announcement that American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Executive Vice President and CEO Steven Schwager will step down...
“Follow Me” Film Brings Entebbe Hero to Life
Yoni Netanyahu helped saved 102 Israeli hostages on a dark July 4 at Entebbe. Though mortally wounded, his spirit and leadership imbued his troops as they...
The Limits of the Free Market
As I was writing this essay a newspaper headline caught my eye. It read, "The UK's richest people have defied the double-dip recession to become...
For U.S. Russian Jewry, An Exercise in Identity
A gap remains between young Russian Jews and the larger American Jewish community, even as organizations like Limmud FSU and others work to build bridges...
NY Teen Wins National Torah Competition
A high school freshman recently won her division of the Chidon HaTanach, a national Torah competition that took place at Yeshiva University. According to the New York Times,...
64 Years Ago Today, Ben-Gurion Announced the Establishment of Israel (VIDEO)
On May 14th, 1948, David Ben-Gurion announced the establishment of the Jewish State in Israel. Ben-Gurion, who was the country's first prime minister, went to...
Major Jewish Charity CEO Steps Down
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) Executive Vice President and CEO Steven Schwager will step down as CEO by June 30 and completely retire from...
New Brooklyn Gallery Features $175,000 Hassidic Art
A new fine art gallery in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn will display work by Hassidic artists. Although the Betzalel Gallery will focus on...
Israeli Could Become World Chess Champion
Boris Gelfand, originally from Belarus, could become the first Israeli to win the World Chess Federation championship. He will attempt to defeat the...
How Not To Succeed
The Economist of May 5th has a fascinating piece on why the Mormons, a relatively small USA religious sect, with a very strange history,...
“Rabbi to the Diplomats” Honored by South Korean President in Seoul
Arthur Schneier, the "Rabbi to the Diplomats", was in South Korea recently following a personal invitation from President Lee Myung Bak. "President Lee and First Lady,...
