Maxine Dovere / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Maxine Dovere / JNS.org
Hagel and Israel: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
WASHINGTON, DC— For former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel, who came under heavy criticism from some Jewish groups and from legislators on both sides of...
The Final Word: Renowned Yiddish Journal Editor Friedenson Dies at 93
Joseph (Yossel) Friedenson carried the title of "rabbi," but his "pulpit" was far wider than any within four walls. Friedenson, longtime editor of the monthly Yiddish-language...
Rabbi David Hartman Remembered as Interdenominational Force in Jewish Learning
Rabbi Michael Siegel, senior rabbi of Chicago's Anshe Emet Synagogue, recalls meeting Rabbi David Hartman following a lecture Hartman gave at the University of Chicago....
Congress Members Discuss the Middle East at Annual Breakfast
NEW YORK - Despite Nor'easter Nemo battering the region some 24 hours earlier, nearly 300 Jewish and community leaders attended the legislative breakfast hosted...
Koch, Colorful New York Mayor and ‘Clear Voice for Israel,’ Laid to Rest
NEW YORK—Thousands gathered at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan on Monday to pay tribute to the life of the man who Mayor Michael Bloomberg said considered...
Inside the Revamped Tel Aviv Museum of Art
TEL AVIV - There is hardly any movement in the entry of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The vacant hall allows a rare opportunity to...
Christian Leaders Converge on DC to Lobby Against Hagel Confirmation
Rabbi Aryeh Scheinberg (left) raises a question to Rabbi Pesach Lerner at the CUFI (Christians United for Israel) emergency lobbying session ...
The Holocaust Remembered at the State Department
WASHINGTON, DC - A city accustomed to House and Senate hearings witnessed a different kind of testimony on Monday. Father Patrick Desbois, president of the Yahad-In Unum...
Danny Ayalon Says Goodbye to Public Office
NEW YORK—With prospects of elected office in the rearview mirror, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon didn't simply reminisce when bidding farewell to U.S....
DC Jews React to Obama Inauguration, Honor MLK with Volunteer Work
Monday's 57th Presidential Inauguration officially sent off Barack Obama into a second term as America's 44th President and the country's first African American commander in...
Time and Space: Decade After Fatal Mission, Film Covers Israeli Astronaut’s Legacy
Dan Cohen describes Ilan Ramon, the first and only Israeli astronaut, as "a man used to rising to the occasion." On Jan. 31 at 9 p.m.,...
Walking on Heroes’ Ground in Poland
WARSAW—"Zegota," the official unit of the Polish Underground Army tasked with helping Jews in German-occupied Poland from 1942-1945, was commemorated on the occasion of its...
Mel Gibson the Maccabee? How an Irony-Filled Project Fell Apart
For Mel Gibson and Joe Eszterhas—who had planned to collaborate on a recently shelved film on the life of Judah the Maccabee, one of the...
Insiders Stress Importance of Israeli Infrastructure Development
NEW YORK—"I guarantee it! Your investment will not return 500 percent," Yehuda Raveh, managing partner of the Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF), told a recent meeting of...
