Adam Wills

Holy Homer! Sacha Baron Cohen guides Simpsons through Jerusalem in March 28 episode

Published on March 23, 2010

For once, Jews, Christians and Muslims will be united — in anger at Homer Simpson, who believes he’s the Messiah in an upcoming episode of “The Simpsons.”

Donors Protest Israeli Professor’s Op-ed

Published on August 26, 2009

Neve Gordon, the Ben-Gurion University political science professor whose Aug. 20 op-ed in the Los Angeles Times titled “Boycott Israel” described Israel as an “apartheid state,” has drawn protests and threats of cutting off funding for the school by some U.S. donors.

Mouth, Skin Sores Could Be Sign of Something More

Published on April 8, 2009

Genetic research can open book on Jewish identity—for good and bad

Published on December 11, 2008

Critics fear that Jewish genetic research also opens a Pandora's box. The discovery of a shared genetic marker among men who claim to be descended from Kohanim grew into wild, exaggerated claims in the media that geneticists had confirmed the story of Aaron

Delivery chef unable to savor his culinary success

Published on September 3, 2008

Schwartz wanted to cook from the time he was a teenager. His rabbi father and rebbetzin mother would host 50 people for dinner each Friday night, and Schwartz says he would spend Thursdays and Fridays after school cooking with his mother. "I knew by 14 years old that I wanted to go to culinary school," he said

When challah becomes the bread of affliction

Published on May 1, 2008

Rabbi Marvin Hier fondly recalls bakery-fresh buns and muffins in his lunch when he attended yeshiva. He also admits to a penchant for challah.
Hier hasn't eaten challah, let alone matzah, in several years. But this bread-free existence isn't part of some Passover-inspired, Atkins-style diet. The founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center was diagnosed with celiac disease (CD) more than four years ago.

Missing matzah? Itâ??s a chain store problem

Published on April 21, 2008