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Jackie Mason says Silverman’s a ‘sick yenta’ for telling Jews to vote Obama
Paul Newman dies at 83
Brains and Braun: Hebrew Hammer instills pride in the Tribe
Sarah Silverman says Obama is ‘circum-supersized’
It’s a bird! It’s a plane. No, it’s a Jew!
New York Jews favor McCain over Obama
Sarah Palin and the Jews: In her own words *
Barbie and the Jews
Obama’s Jewish problem: 300 rabbis endorse him *
Robert De Niro is Jewish?
Palin, proselytizing and Jews for Jesus
Michelle Obama related to black rabbi
Obama, McCain and Jewish American princesses
Sarah Palin: Is she good for the Jews?
Jewish dual loyalty and anti-Semitic witch hunts
‘Even if Democrats had picked David Ben-Gurion to run as vice president’
Rabbi to give invocation before Obama’s acceptance speech
The dark side of TV’s Danny Tanner
From Pakistan to the Jewish Journal
Brad Pitt is Jewish
The Jewish Jesse Owens at the Nazi Olympics
Jordan Farmar fulfills his mission to Israel
Joe Klein continues defending Jewish dual-loyalty claim
Economic ripples rock Jewish community
Rediscovering gangster Jewish roots
‘Why do people think Jews run Hollywood?’
Jewcy: ‘Hell hath no fury like a pissed off Jewish mother’
Avoiding ‘Escape from the Holy Shtetl’
Rosner to the rescue: J Street full of surprises after all
Department of No Duh: Jews dislike Bush, like Obama and Israel
The VideoJew, you and 2,000 Zionist women
Suddenly, I’m an expert on black Jews*
Look at the size of that Jew!
Borat and the Jewish cowboy
McCain as popular as Obama with religious Jews
The blood they gave lasted less than a day
New UC president a godly figure
Conversions up, African-American Jews on the move
Joe Klein’s dual-loyalty assertion for Jews
Yes, Virginia, there is a Jewish media conspiracy
Israel’s sugar daddy, Sheldon Adelson
Under-40s reshape Jewish engagement, report finds
A new report lends muscle to certain aspects of the phenomenon, hinted at by Katznelson: Young Jews' desire to be with other young Jews and their interest in creating their own Jewish experiences rather than signing up for long-standing programs.
World Jewish Congress moves to the Capitol
My two Jewish mothers
‘Hulk’: Jewish peacenik transforms into raging right-winger
McCain or Obama: Who will Jewish Democrats vote for?
The Rabbi in the dugout
Jewish Jordan to be messiah of NBA Finals?
Obama the speech-topping, pro-Israel hawk *
‘Jewish hustler’—potty mouth and pervert—means no offense
Obama’s Jewish problem? Separating fact from fiction
Leading Jewish organizations decline to condemn Hagee’s ‘Hitler’ sermon
Braun and Youkilis—pride of the Tribe, but MVPs?
‘Jews Against Obama’
American Jews and Israelis: brothers from different mothers
Obama’s Jewish campaign
Obama on ‘the kishke question’
The false claim: Obama or Israel
How do American Jews love Israel?
Fear over intermarriage is overblown
Purim is a time to dull our senses with drink and cloak our identity by dressing in costume. We do so in order to confront a troubling part of our history and the threats to Jewish life and continuity in the Diaspora.
L.A.’s defenders of Israel
StandWithUs has grown from a small group of volunteers meeting at the Rothsteins' home to an international organization with offices in Los Angeles, New York and three other U.S. locales as well as Europe and Israel. With a staff of about 40, a budget of $3 million and a number of printed materials -- including a 43-page glossy guide, "Israel 101," and flyers comparing Walt and Mearsheimer's book "The Israel Lobby" with "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" -- StandWithUs acts, as Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz said, as an "intellectual Delta Force."
Whither the Left?
What exactly is the state of the pro-Israel peace movement in America? Does the Jewish institutional establishment represent the position of the American Jewish community? And if not, why are alternate voices not being heard?
Individual choice challenges communal commitments
The principal authority for contemporary American Jews, in the absence of compelling religious norms and communal loyalties, has become the sovereign self. Each person now performs the labor of fashioning his or her own self, pulling together elements from the various Jewish and non-Jewish repertoires available rather than stepping into an "inescapable framework" of identity -- familial, communal, traditional -- given at birth. Decisions about ritual observance and involvement in Jewish institutions are made and made again, considered and reconsidered, year by year, and even week by week. American Jews speak of their lives, and of their Jewish beliefs and commitments, as a journey of ongoing questioning and development. They avoid the language of arrival. There are no final answers, no irrevocable commitments.
Birthright program needs wider support
The results of a new study, "Beyond Distancing: Young Adult American Jews and Their Alienation from Israel," on young American Jews' attitudes toward Israel, were released recently, and the news is disheartening. These Jews, who represent American Judaism's prospects in the next generation, are growing increasingly alienated from Israel, the study finds. They are less concerned with its welfare than previous generations and, unbelievably, less comfortable with the very idea of a Jewish state.
American Jewish youth alienated from Israel, study finds
Young American Jews are increasingly alienated from Israel, according to a report released last week.
Scary Hummus
I am ashamed of the URJ’s Iraq resolution
I don't embarrass easily. But the Union for Reform Judaism's (URJ) recent resolution calling for an "expeditious withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq" did the trick.
Book review: Are Christian Zionists good for the Jews?
Jews who care about the survival of Israel should welcome the faith, the influence with Republican White House occupants, and the money supplied by the likes of preachers Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson, rather than turn it away, Chafets says.
Is turnabout fair play for 110th Congress?
Last month's electoral earthquake means the 110th Congress, which convenes in January, will look very different from its do-nothing predecessor. But gridlock, the dubious hallmark of the past few sessions, will continue unless leaders in both parties decide to start working across party lines.
On Thanksgiving, open your hand to the poor and needy
Thanksgiving is the holiday to which most American Jews fully relate. It's based on the biblical Sukkot, and it's the American holiday most associated with family gatherings and food. And yet, there is much more to the holiday than stuffing and pumpkin pie.
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