Posts Tagged: Jewish community
Circumcision Makes No Sense (And That’s Okay)
Let's be honest with ourselves. Circumcision is crazy. We take a baby, 8 days after he left the womb, 8 days after the being born, and...
Citing Tumor, Alan Gross’ Wife, More Than 500 Rabbis Continue Push for His Release
Judy Gross, wife of jailed Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross, said in a rally on Sunday across from a Cuban Symphony Orchestra performance in West Palm...
In Hurricane Sandy’s Wake Jewish Communities Try to Return to Normal
The storm that swept through the Northeast United States Monday and Tuesday has left many in the Jewish community devastated. Atlantic and Cape May Counties were...
Ethiopian Aliyah Enters Final Stages
Approximately 240 new immigrants were set to arrive at Israel's David Ben-Gurion airport on Monday as part of a final effort to bring the remainder...
Psychology, Judaism and Charlie Brown: The Layers of Abraham Twerski
EAST HAMPTON, NY—Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski is the scion of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty, a Torah scholar, and a world-renowned psychiatrist and educator specializing in...
American Jews: Romney or Obama?
There has been a lot of talk about which candidate in the upcoming presidential election is best for the Jewish community. Some have said, rightfully,...
The Rabbi and the Rhodes Scholar: How An Accidental Meeting Between Cory Booker and Me Led to Jewish Renewal
Twenty years ago this Monday, corresponding to the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah, a young African-American Rhodes scholar walked into a Chabad Jewish student center in...
From Ethiopia to the Knesset: Shlomo Molla Lives the Israeli Dream
NEW YORK—In July 2012, the Israeli government announced its decision to allow the aliyah of the last remnants of the Ethiopian Jewish community. Each month, 250 Falash Mura (Ethiopian...
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed
1. The US covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is celebrated around Sukkot (October 8). According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles...
Is Samuel L. Jackson More Important to Jews Than Iran?
Why would any so-called Jewish organization issue an advertisement featuring Samuel L. Jackson, an African-American actor cursing in an advertisement supporting President Obama's re-election and...
Jewish People Make Up Less Than 0.2% of World’s Population
According to a study by Hebrew University's Professor Sergio DellaPergola, the global Jewish population reached 13.75 million in the past year, with an increase of 88,000...
Austrian Politician Posts Anti-Semitic Cartoon on Facebook
The leader of Austria's far-right Freedom Party (FPOe), Heinz-Christian Strache, has come under fire from Jewish community leaders and politicians over anti-Semitic images...
The Status Quo: Jews and Paul Ryan
Jewish conservatives applauded Mitt Romney's choice of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his vice presidential nominee. But Jewish liberals who despise him...
Drowning in ‘Stuff’
Last week marked the cycle of the completion of the Talmud, studied one page a day for seven years. Tens of thousands of Jews across...
