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Brad A. Greenberg

Religion accounted for 4 percent of election news coverage

Published on November 21, 2008

Outcry continues against Museum of Tolerance on Muslim cemetery

Published on November 20, 2008

Rabbi Kanefsky named to Forward 50

Published on November 20, 2008

Al Qaeda No. 2 criticizes Obama for praying with Jews

Published on November 20, 2008

Punk like Muhammad

Published on November 20, 2008

Worsening economy takes further toll on Jewish nonprofits

Published on November 20, 2008

‘South Park’ creators developing ‘Mormon Musical’

Published on November 20, 2008

Once Virgin Mary statue was lost, now she’s found

Published on November 19, 2008

California Supreme Court to hear Prop. 8 challenges

Published on November 19, 2008

Columnist: GOP must move away from GOD

Published on November 19, 2008

Perfect storm for charities— contributions go down and requests go up

Published on November 18, 2008

No one has gone unscathed by the convulsions of the global economy. Even the wealthy are losing money -- and if they cut their charitable giving, it is likely to ripple across the Jewish nonprofit sector

Israeli mafioso killed in carbombing

Published on November 18, 2008

The Obama Christian question

Published on November 18, 2008

Playing Gods: ‘Vengeance is Yours!’

Published on November 18, 2008

Late to the party: How Obama got the Jewish vote

Published on November 18, 2008

Palestinian negotiator: Jews have no claim to Temple Mount

Published on November 18, 2008

Prince—yes, that prince—says ‘it’s all about religion’

Published on November 18, 2008

Like Obama: If I could Bibi like Barack

Published on November 17, 2008

Chargers’ Olshansky is one huge Jew

Published on November 17, 2008

Editorial cartoonist talks about getting canned

Published on November 17, 2008

A fake source, a credulous MSM

Published on November 17, 2008

Apologizing to McCain and Palin for ‘Jewish philistinism’

Published on November 17, 2008

The American war on religion

Published on November 17, 2008

Jewish casino mogul Adelson compared to cockroaches

Published on November 16, 2008

Obama to endorse Israel withdrawal from West Bank?

Published on November 16, 2008

Fire turns monastery to rubble

Published on November 16, 2008

Obama talks openly about his faith

Published on November 16, 2008

The Ides of Movember

Published on November 15, 2008

Los Angeles is burning

Published on November 15, 2008

Catholic priest to Obama supporters: No Communion for you!

Published on November 14, 2008

Fast-moving fire consumes Westmont College

Published on November 14, 2008

Recession hits heaven and hell

Published on November 14, 2008

White powder scare leads to Mormon temple closure

Published on November 13, 2008

Jesus Christ and Barack Obama have a lot in common

Published on November 13, 2008

Planets discovered outside the Solar System

Published on November 13, 2008

‘Obama supporters now have no purpose in life’

Published on November 13, 2008

Jeffrey Goldberg: Obama won’t destroy U.S.-Israel relationship

Published on November 13, 2008

Chuck Norris writes letter to President-elect Obama

Published on November 12, 2008

Betting on God

Published on November 12, 2008

After Prop. 8: a ban on Jewish marriage?

Published on November 12, 2008

Omri Ceren: Jews vote ‘Democratic for reasons other than sound argument and good policy’

Published on November 11, 2008

Palin calls bloggers ‘kids in pajamas’

Published on November 11, 2008

‘Obama Meets With Dangerous World Leader Without Preconditions!’

Published on November 11, 2008

Prop. 8 on parade: gays on strike

Published on November 11, 2008

Congressman on Obama: ‘not comparing him to Hitler’ but …

Published on November 11, 2008

Holocaust survivors still mad with Mormons over baptism

Published on November 11, 2008

Chaplains: ‘the ‘spiritual backbone of the unit’

Published on November 11, 2008

Phil Weiss talks about Obama and Jewish power

Published on November 10, 2008

Protests over Prop. 8 move to evangelicals and The OC

Published on November 10, 2008

‘What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church?’

Published on November 10, 2008

Current Print Edition

November 14-20, 2008

Cover of November 14-20, 2008 Jewish JournalThis week we examine President-elect Obama's choice of Rep. Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff -- he's an IDF veteran, a serious Jew and a tough cookie. So is his brother Ari, Hollywood super macher. Julie Gruenbaum-Fax considers efforts to heal the community after an intense election campaign, and Rob Eshman deconstructs the passage Prop. 8 from a Swiftian perspective. Marty Kaplan, Danielle Berrin, David Suissa, Tom Teicholz, Brad Greenberg and the regular gang of homies.

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Featured Stories

Music
Up-and-comer Dudamel takes on the Israel Philharmonic

Dudamel, who will be 28 when he replaces Esa-Pekka Salonen as music director of the L.A. Philharmonic next year, considers Leonard Bernstein a role model.

World
First female Israel ambassador to U.N. shows humor, optimism

"I'm treated with particular respect by the Arab delegates, because I am a woman," the 67-year-old ambassador said. "Or maybe it's my gray hair."

Israel
Discovery of King David-era fort stirs debate on size of kingdom

Some scholars argue that David's Jerusalem was merely a backwater village glorified into a mythical place by those they say penned the Bible centuries later. Others suggest that true to its biblical description, it was a genuine power overseeing a strong and united kingdom. The discovery of what is being called the Elah Fortress has quickly been used to reinforce the latter argument.

Cartoons
Yes, we can! No, you can't!

Television
Doing Jews right on TV—for better or worse

The Jewish character has become the American Jewish character, disassociated from an ethnic history and assimilated into American culture. And the assimilation hasn't only been for Jews.

U.S.
Shoah group halts talks with Mormons on posthumous baptism of Jews

At a news conference Monday, leaders of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, seated in front of panels listing names of Holocaust victims they say were baptized by the Mormons, said that 14 years of quiet negotiations have proven fruitless.

Religion
Agriprocessors closed—now where’s the beef?

The kosher meat market is in a tailspin as production at the Agriprocessors' meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa, which had been operating at a fraction of its normal capacity since May, finally ground to a halt this week. The company, whose meat was sold under the labels

Los Angeles
Perfect storm for charities— contributions go down and requests go up

No one has gone unscathed by the convulsions of the global economy. Even the wealthy are losing money -- and if they cut their charitable giving, it is likely to ripple across the Jewish nonprofit sector

Torah Portion
Marriage is a Jewish issue

Parshat Chayei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18) God is present when two people commit their lives to each other and become one family.

Calendar
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks Nov. 22 - 28: Toots Shor, turkey and theater

Singles
True confessions of an online dating addict #16: Marathon date with Jeremy

Opinion
A Moderate Proposal

The start of the event was running late -- did I mention it was a Jewish event? -- and midway through our green room conversation, Hitchens pulled out a small bottle of Johnnie Walker Black. He emptied it into a 16-ounce clear-plastic cup and drizzled in some Crystal Geyser

Films
Survey Says:  Fewer Americans think Jews control Hollywood

The majority of Americans no longer believe that Jews control Hollywood. This is the news from a new poll released by the Anti-Defamation League that also suggests there remains a widespread conviction that there is an organized campaign by Hollywood and the national media to undermine religious values.

Up Front
In the J-blogosphere, everybody knows your screen name

"I didn't know there were non-Jewish bloggers," joked Likud leader and blogger Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, who made a last-minute appearance to speak to the bloggers.