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Cleveland kidnappings: We must be our brother’s keeper
The exterior of the house where three women who had disappeared as teenagers approximately ten years ago were found alive on May 7 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Pugliano/Getty Images
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 you said, “Oh my God.” Most of the hummus recipes…
Palestinians mark Nakba with West Bank protests
Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which they call the “catastrophe,” with marches and protests.
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The Office’s best Jewish moment
Funny music, sad life
On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1938, a chubby but charming student at John Burroughs Junior High in Los Angeles “cracked the code of his comic gift and discovered his…
Filmmakers reveal magician’s secretive world
A British journalist recalls how she once sat down at a cafe with the legendary magician, author, historian, actor and, perhaps, the greatest sleight-of-hand artist on the planet in the documentary…
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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…
Survivor: Irene Rosenberg
“Mommy, I’ll be right back.” Irene Rosenberg — then Irene Grunfeld — said as she was leaving the apartment of her cousin Mancy Weiss, where she and her mother were…
The Divine Wedding and Kiss - Parashat Naso
“O for your kiss! For your love / More enticing than wine, / For your scent and sweet name – For all this they love you. Take me away to…
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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 –…
A hot topic, a great panel, and chance to learn and discuss—immigration at issue
It's a critical time for immigration reform in this country. Washington is getting set to make major changes, the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1980's under President…
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…
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American Jews protest in solidarity with Women of the Wall
American Jews held solidarity rallies in a variety of U.S. cities to protest Israeli limitations on women's prayer at Jerusalem's Western Wall.
The Rosner-Gerstein Exchange Part 1: Anti-Israel claims don’t work with American Jewish voters
American Jews: 65-68% Democratic, 26-29% Republican
November 14, 2012
The upside - and downside - of ‘low threshold’ voter support for Israel
9 notes on the American Jewish vote
November 7, 2012
OPEN POST: The Jewish Vote: Obama 70%, Romney 30%
Apparently, giving up on ‘distancing’ isn’t easy
Can Israel and Diaspora Jewry agree to disagree? I think they don’t have much choice
October 25, 2012
Studying Jewish Holy-tics
Florida Diary 6: Berman vs. Sherman? Frankel vs. Hasner!!!
Does Iran help Romney with Jewish voters?
September 16, 2012
Jewish wishful thinking (and voting)
September 10, 2012
Jewish Senate, Jewish House projections
If I forget thee Jerusalem. Oops! The Democrats just did
Election roundup: Jewish souls, Jewish rabbis, Jewish vote, Jewish legislators
On Adelson vs. NJDC we are all losers
Jerusalem a wedge issue? You bet
August 2, 2012
The Rosner-Cohen Exchange Part V: Are you biased against intermarried Jews?
Romney in Israel, the real story
The Rosner-Cohen Exchange Part IV: Do you have to have money to be Jewishly engaged?
The ‘distancing’ debate: And the credit goes to….
The Rosner-Cohen Exchange Part III: Asking Jews about their trust in Israeli leaders
The Rosner-Cohen Exchange Part II: Your Israel survey is odd; your reporting is selective
‘Trust’ problem for young American Jews? Hard for me to see it
Why don’t the intermarried of New York raise Jewish kids like they do in Boston?
June 27, 2012
When Rabbi Yoffie talks about ‘disconnect’
June 26, 2012
New York Jews: Are they distancing from Israel?
June 13, 2012
The most surprising findings of the New York Jewish community study
New York Jews: The surge of the Orthodox
‘How adaptable is the Jewish community in managing change?’
Political tidbits: Another Jew in the House
Ulysses Grant and the Jewish vote, and its 2012 parallels
So Israelis think that US Jewish support is “essential’’ – so what?
Overcoming ‘back-next-year’ syndrome
Must Read, January 13, 2012
If you don’t come back to Israel you’re going to lose it
From left to right, American Jews are criticizing Israeli anti-boycott law
Backers of a new Israeli law penalizing anyone who targets Israel or West Bank settlements for boycotts tout it as a tool to fight back against anti-Israel campaigns, but American Jewish organizations seem remarkably united in deeming the measure an affront to freedom of expression.
Quest for spiritual truth guides US woman to Sufi Islam
For many people, the word 'Islam' conjures up images of violence, suicide bombings and holy war. But not for Maryam Kabeer Faye, a Jewish-born American. She believes the religion she adopted after a long spiritual journey represents peace, love and mercy.
Study of American Jews making its way into Israeli schools
The Jews of America may be the largest Jewish community in the Diaspora, but that does not mean Israeli schoolchildren learn much about them.
When Jews on the Left See Americans on the Right as Nazis
“There should be absolutely no division when it comes to condemning the use of the Holocaust and Holocaust imagery for domestic political purposes.”
— ADL Statement
A Muslim and a Jew board a boat ...
J.D. Salinger dies at 91—and was Jewish
Yes, Artie Lange is Jewish; no, he’s not dead
Braun is MLB’s Jewish MVP
New York still has Jewish hoopers
Having shiks-appeal in Hollywood
“Family Goy’s” Jewish secret
National Jewish umbrella gets another new name
Sokatch on federations’ Israel limitations
AJC’s campaign against a nuclear Iran
Baseball’s new Jew crew
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