10 years to the Columbia Disaster

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on February 1, 2013

Israel ready to train new astronaut

Published on January 31, 2013

Ten years after the death of Ilan Ramon on the space shuttle Columbia, Israel is ready to train a new astronaut.

Conversations From Twitter – Part 2

By Ilana Angel
Published on May 24, 2012

Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon’s widow to attend school renaming event

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 21, 2012

Rona Ramon, widow of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who was killed in the Columbia space shuttle disaster, will join in a festive event on March 25, marking the renaming of a Jewish day school in her husband’s honor.

U.S. probing bias allegation at Columbia

Published on October 5, 2011

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Columbia University for allegedly discriminating against a Jewish student.

Columbia students disinvited from Ahmadinejad dinner

Published on September 21, 2011

Members of a Columbia University international relations group will not attend a dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after the invitation was withdrawn.

Israeli pilot Assaf Ramon buried next to astronaut father

Published on September 14, 2009

Israeli pilot Assaf Ramon was buried next to his father, astronaut Ilan Ramon, a day after he was killed in a training accident.

VIDEO: Kids make shofars with Chabad in South Carolina

By The Web Guy
Published on September 23, 2008

65 Jewish children from Columbia, S.C. learn how to make a shofar with Rabbi Levi Marrus. The Gipsy Kings, we think, only sing in the video's soundtrack,

‘Tragic Loss’ documents Israeli astronaut’s ill-fated flight

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on March 8, 2007

Spectator - A Three Nyuks Salute

By George Robinson
Published on December 29, 2005

Three Jews are in a room screaming at one another, poking each other in the eyes, hitting each other on the head with objects ranging from frying pans to anvils. It's either a meeting of the synagogue's board of trustees or a Three Stooges film festival. Fortunately, this time, it's the latter, a quick but lethal -- and lethally funny -- display of Stoogehood by the American Cinematheque as part of its year-end festivities from Dec. 28-Dec.30.

For the Kids

By Abby Gilad
Published on February 13, 2003

One year ago, Kol Tikvah Religious School in Woodland Hills started a letter-writing campaign to Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.

Light From Sorrow

By Irene Brown
Published on February 6, 2003

As an aerospace writer, I have watched 87 crews slip the bonds of Earth's gravity and rocket away into space.

Moments of Silence

By Rob Eshman
Published on February 6, 2003

There were a lot of moments of silence this week. There was the one early Saturday morning when you first heard the news of the space shuttle Columbia's disappearance.

Israel Mourns

By Naomi Segal
Published on February 6, 2003

Even for Israelis hardened by years of dealing with Palestinian terrorism, the death of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon came as a
difficult blow.

Where No Israeli Has Gone Before

By Irene Brown
Published on July 18, 2002

"I would like to see my mission as my first one, not my last," he added.

Double Identity

By Michael Aushenker
Published on June 27, 2002

Vocalist Vanessa Paloma can not wait to sing at Fiesta Shalom on June 30. For the Angeleno, who performs Ladino music with her band, Flor de Serena, Fiesta Shalom, a celebration of her Jewish and Latin ethnicities, is a far cry from the mixed feelings she used to experience about carrying passports in both cultures.