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Oklahoma tornado: How you can help
Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.
A prayer for Oklahoma
Lord our God, we stood before You just a week ago to receive the Ten Statements of Your Torah. We stood, as though with our ancestors, and listened to the Torah reader chant descriptions of the smoking mountain, the thunderous…
Chabad center taking in Oklahomans displaced by deadly tornado
A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.
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Justin Timberlake and Coen brothers answer Jewish questions at Cannes
Using his preternatural smoothness, Justin Timberlake saved the Coen brothers from some serious awkwardness at a Cannes press conference for their folk singer film “Inside Llewyn Davis” on Sunday. “Jewish…
Sean Penn lobbies for Charedi man imprisoned in Bolivia
Actor Sean Penn urged a congressional hearing to pressure Bolivia to release a haredi Orthodox father of five under house arrest in the country.
Mel Brooks’ top 10 Jewy Jewish scenes [VIDEO]
Monday night marks the national premier broadcast of the American Masters installment on Mel Brooks. To mark the occasion, we’ve put together a collection of Brooks’ best Jewish clips.
- LIFE & CULTURE
Sarah Silverman sings about staying home in ‘Perfect Night’
For your listening pleasure, “Perfect Night,” in which Sarah Silverman recounts the benefits of skipping the club for the couch. Because this is a Silverman production you can expect references…
Maccabi Tel Aviv back on top but coach future uncertain
Champions Maccabi Tel Aviv have reasserted their dominance of Israeli soccer but media reports on Tuesday suggested they might have to continue their revival without coach Oscar Garcia.
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
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State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
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Rabbi Meir Azari: It’s troubling that so few US Reform Jews visited Israel
December 13, 2011 | 3:58 am
Director-general of the Beit Daniel Reform community speaks about some burning issues ahead of Biennial Conference of Reform Judaism.
6 comments on the YU Beacon Orthodox-sex controversy
December 12, 2011 | 4:57 am
Young Orthodox girls have sexual desires, and at times they act on these desires either by making out with their boyfriends or by writing sassy articles in campus newspapers, or by reading such stories. Did you not know that?
Gingrich’s ‘invented people’ are here to stay
December 10, 2011 | 12:42 pm
What happens in case Obama loses and Gingrich is the next President? What happens if the American position changes from “two state solution” to “no Palestinian people”?
‘When US doesn’t meddle in Israeli politics, it strengthens the right’
December 9, 2011 | 3:02 pm
Recent comments by US officials are mild; If Obama really wanted to get rid of Netanyahu, there is much more he could do, says David Weinberg
Why Romney won at TRJC2OFC, and Israel didn’t
December 8, 2011 | 7:14 am
More on the 2011 Republican Jewish Coalition's Presidential Candidates Forum
11 first comments on The Republican Jewish Coalition 2012 Presidential Candidates Forum
December 7, 2011 | 12:39 pm
Only those with long memories still recall the 2007 RJC Presidential Candidates Forum - but it was pretty much along the same lines
Nachman Shai: Criticism of internal Israeli affairs by US officials is legitimate
December 6, 2011 | 5:38 pm
Kadima MK speaks about recent criticism of Israeli civil society voiced by Secretary of State Clinton as well as bills perceived as encroaching on Israel's democratic nature
Campaign controversy as the sum of all Jewish fears
December 6, 2011 | 8:28 am
The whole story here might be the clash of fears: Israelis’ real fear of abandonment, American Jews’ real fear of assimilation
Will Israel attack Iran? 5 notes following Netanyhau’s Sde Boker address
December 5, 2011 | 2:43 am
The annual memorial service for Ben Gurion is often an event in which prime ministers make important statements
Three short questions on the Obama team and Israel
December 4, 2011 | 9:03 am
Is it possible that the Obama administration never intended to make the coming year the year of no Israel-related controversy?
Israel-Diaspora landmine detonator in chief
December 3, 2011 | 12:13 pm
Netanyahu is in charge of both returning Israelis and Israel-Diaspora relations. He can’t leave it to Landver or to Edelstein (but he does, even though this is not the first embarrassment he had to deal with).
So, is Obama now the Israelis’ new political darling?
December 2, 2011 | 7:09 am
“What should we think about Obama?” - That's a question I hear a lot these days
The Minister of Absorption vs. American Jewish “foolishness”
December 1, 2011 | 6:11 am
Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption Sofa Landver is furious. How can anyone not like the campaign aimed at bringing back emigrant Israelis? How can anyone not understand its true motivation and meaning?
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