MEDIA WATCH: The ‘Surrender Lobby’
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 (The Media Watch column from the Jan. 16 issue is online only). National Media Puts Israel On Defensive A ‘surrender lobby’ warns that Jews can’t win read more
View ArticleJewish Learning, Limmud Style
Julie Wiener Staff Writer On Jan. 15, more than 700 Jews from a mix of backgrounds will head to the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson for four days of lectures, text-study sessions, performances and...
View ArticleIn The Tennessee Country
by Sandee Brawarsky Jewish Week Book Critic In 1920, the Jewish population of Union City, Tenn., increased by 100 percent. That was the year the Bronson family moved there from New York, becoming the...
View ArticleJewish Swine Flu Discovered
Fri, 02/26/2010Atlanta—The Center for Disease Control warned this week that a new swine flu had begun to manifest in parts of the world.Labeled the “Jewish swine flu,” this strain is thought to be even...
View ArticleThe Pushke App
Tamar Snyder Staff Writer Getzy Fellig’s eCharityBox makes tzedakah easier for both donor and recipient.The pushke, or charity box, may well be a relic of the past to many members of the younger...
View ArticleA Deep South Spring
Hilary Larson Travel Writer The Deep South is astonishingly lovely in the heady days of mid-spring. In the quiet corners of rural Mississippi, the droning hum of tractors and bees provides a lazy...
View ArticleA Deep South Spring
Hilary Larson Travel Writer The Deep South is astonishingly lovely in the heady days of mid-spring. In the quiet corners of rural Mississippi, the droning hum of tractors and bees provides a lazy...
View ArticleBergen County’s Thriving Yeshiva
Amy Spiro Editorial Intern While many New York-area day schools are in crisis, Yeshivat Noam — blessed with a growing Modern Orthodox community and energetic faculty — is riding high.When Yeshivat...
View Article‘Can You Talk Like That With A Yarmulke On?’
Amy Spiro Editorial Intern Jokes about JDate, Hebrew school, tefillin and “making aliyah to Florida” abounded at the 11th Annual Funniest Jewish Comedian Contest Monday night. More than 100 people...
View ArticleIn Letter, Farrakhan Accuses Jews of Hurting Blacks
(JTA) -- Minister Louis Farrakhan, in a letter addressed to U.S. Jewish organizations, accused Jews of hurting blacks and called for dialogue to "repair" the damage.The Nation of Islam leader sent the...
View ArticleJewish-Gentile In The Jewish State
by Julie Wiener Special To The Jewish Week When I visited Israel for the first time, I fell in love.Not with any individual, although, like seemingly everyone else in the Overseas Student Program at...
View ArticleA Preservationist, Moving On
by Sharon Udasin Editorial Intern Sandwiched between the hubbub of Chinatown and the vibrant nightlife of the East Village are the remnants of the historic Lower East Side, once the teeming center of...
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