Peace and protection

By Rabbi Mordecai Finley
Published on November 29, 2012

I have tried to figure out why Rabbi Sharon Brous’ thoughts left me empty when I read them. As Rabbi Daniel Gordis has written, there is nothing objectionable in them.

Rabbi Sharon Brous vs. Rabbi Daniel Gordis: Betrayal or compassion?

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on November 29, 2012

When Rabbi Sharon Brous first read an essay by Rabbi Daniel Gordis, a colleague and former teacher, accusing her of betraying Israel, she was shocked and angry, she said. Nevertheless, her initial instinct was to refrain from feeding the publicity machine.

All the families of the Earth

Published on November 29, 2012

A living Judaism demands an exquisite balance between inside and outside, concern for our own and concern for the other, particularism and universalism.

Heartache: an email from Rabbi Sharon Brous

Published on November 29, 2012

It has been a devastating couple of days in Israel and Gaza.

Israeli security inspects some Arab visitors email accounts

Published on June 5, 2012

Israel has begun inspecting emails of some Arab visitors and expelling those visitors who are deemed a threat to the country.

10 things I love and understand

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 25, 2011

Facebook Shmacebook!

By Julia Bendis
Published on January 18, 2011

Email OCD and other social media overload!

By Julia Bendis
Published on December 20, 2010

Jews looked past worries to embrace Obama

By Ron Kampeas
Published on November 6, 2008

For months, polls showed Obama languishing at about 60 percent of the Jewish vote, a critical chunk short of the 75 percent or so Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) garnered in 2004. But exit polls from the Tuesday election showed Obama matching those results, garnering about 78 percent of the Jewish vote against 22 percent for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), his Republican rival.

Rabbis for Obama seen as a first in American politics; Michelle Obama’s rabbi cousin signs up

Published on September 17, 2008

The grass-roots organization was formed when two Chicago-area rabbis came to the Democratic candidate's campaign wanting to help counter rumors that they feel have been spread about the senator

Letters, we get letters . . ..

By The Web Guy
Published on August 21, 2008

Dating today is a menage a tech

Published on July 24, 2008

No more. The world has changed and so has dating. Today, when we date someone, it's no longer just the two of us. No. Now, it's always a threesome: you, him and that all-intrusive technology. It's what I call a "Menage a Tech."

Jewish leaders defend Baruch Obama

By The Web Guy
Published on January 15, 2008

Bearing witness a world away from L.A.

Published on November 1, 2007

Email excerpts from Janice Kamenir-Reznik and Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug of Jewish World Watch as they travel to Chad to assess the success of a program to provide refugees from Darfur with solar cookers.

yeLAdim

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on May 25, 2006

Tribe

By Julie G Fax
Published on October 6, 2005

Tribe

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on July 14, 2005

Have you been having fun this summer?

Sins the Rabbis Left Out

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on September 16, 2004

The writers of the machzor were pretty comprehensive in listing the multitude of sins we commit as a community over the course of the year.

‘On_Line’ Takes Byte Out of Cyberspace

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on June 19, 2003

"I got hooked peering into the lives of strangers," said Jed Weintrob, a self-described Jewish "techno geek." "It was both calming and mind-blowing to log on and see Jenni on Jennicam.org who was also awake at 4:30 a.m., but in the end it was also kind of alienating.... You're watching this person do the most intimate things, yet you're never going to know them or touch them."

E-mailer at the Bat

By Carin Davis
Published on October 3, 2002

I'm a sucker for a slugger in a baseball hat. So I got caught looking at Alex, the hottie at my weekly Sunday softball game. He works for a nonprofit, volunteers at a local hospital and drinks at St. Nicks. And he has the greatest laugh.

Junk Mail

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 14, 2000

There is no Editor of cyberspace, and that's too bad. The latest e-mail craze to spread like the Melissa virus through the cc: box of various e-mails is the report of a man named Joseph Farah.

Internet Activism: Power, No Accountability

By James D
Published on April 20, 2000

By now it's a cliché: the Internet, a medium that gives anybody with a computer access to a worldwide audience, is changing the way we share information. And, because information is power, it also changes the way we do politics.

Do You Believe

By Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Published on July 17, 1997

Torah Portion.