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This week in power: Olmert remarks, Olympics controversy, Asifa, Columbus


This week in power: Flag burning, Obama appointee, Greece, Abuse coverup


This week in power: Obama’s stand, France fallout, Greece fear, Sendak legacy


Far-right victories in Greece prompt upset, concern from Jewish community

Jewish leaders in Greece expressed concern and disappointment after the fascist Golden Dawn party was poised to enter the Greek parliament for the first time.

This week in power: Netanyahu’s father, Obama poll, France election, Google lawsuit


This week in power: Iran, Protester, Gibson, Drake


This week in power: Romney, Gunter Grass, Connecticut politics, Passover message


This week in power: Obama, Christie, New Haggadah, Top rabbis


This week in power: France fallout, German mayor, Israeli models, Park Slope co-op


This week in power: France attack, Mittzkrieg, Sandra Fluke, Backstreet Boy


This week in power: Obama, Romney, Florida legislature, Jew Pond


In Japan, pride in the Jewish response to tsunami

As I sit here in Tokyo with the first anniversary of the tsunami fast approaching, I recall my surprise the first time a Japanese person thanked me, as a Jew, for Israel’s immediate response to the disaster.

This week in power: Iran plans, Mormons, Santorum’s appeal, Houston basketball


This week in power: Embassy attacks, Mormon apology, Contraception, Oprah


This week in power: Florida, Romney’s kashrut, Super Bowl, Israeli show


This week in power: Florida, Newt, German anti-Semitism, Kosher Jesus


This week in power: The Iran question, Romney, “False flag,” Haagen-Dazs


This week in power: Iowa, Bibi’s year, Beit Shemesh followup, Fox poll


This week in power: Ron Paul, Israeli policy, Beit Shemesh, TV station


This week in power: Obama, Prisoner release, Palestinian textbooks, Jews and Christmas


Handy Hazzan is Hanukkah Hazzan - Making Dreydls Out of Clay Today!


This week in power: Gingrich, Tebow, YU Beacon, Matisyahu’s beard


This week in power: RJC, Ron Paul, Panetta, Israeli ad


Israel-Diaspora landmine detonator in chief


The Minister of Absorption vs. American Jewish “foolishness”


This week in power: 2012 election, Egypt, Stripsearch, Kobe Bryant


Docks and glass: Cardiff’s harbor and the Jews


This week in power: Egypt, Kibbutz, Jewish vote, Billboard


This week in power: Iran and Israel, Mic fallout, Nelson mystery, Baseball


This week in power: Obama, Hot mic, Larry Taylor, Occupy Judaism


Exploring the mitzvah of social action

Among the gifts of the Jews, to use Thomas Cahill’s flattering phrase, perhaps none is more stirring and enduring than the biblical call to social justice. We are reminded of the Jewish injunction to seek justice in a couple of new books from Jewish Lights, each of which shows us how do more than pay lip service to one of the bedrock principles of Judaism.

This week in power: Drone attack, Republican vote, OWS uproar, Gadhafi penpal


This week in power: Israel issue, Turkey quake, Tunisia election, OWS anti-Semitism


This week in power: Shalit trade, Givat Hamatos, #OWS, Sarandon


This week in power: Shalit, Netanyahu, Mosque burning, #OWS service


This week in power: Israel, Obama, Libyan synagogue, Banning circumcision bans


This week in power: U.N. aftermath, Obama voters, Rosh Hashana message, Perry dancing


This week in power: Obama, Egypt, Mel Gibson, Kosher Facebook


This week in power: 9/11, Turkey, Rally, Philharmonic


This week in power: Hurricane Irene, Beck rally, Bachmann, Hollywood


This week in power: Eilat shooting, Glenn Beck, Obama’s choice, Facebook


The Secular Bar Mitzvah


This week in power: Crown Heights, Bibi, Beck rally, Lieberman book


This week in power: Tent City, Debt deal, Norway aftermath, Alan Gross


“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” Q & A with Author Eric Greene [VIDEO]


This week in power: Border deal, Norway, Tent City, SF ban


This week in power: Cantor, Arab Spring, Gay marriage, Amy Winehouse


This week in power: Debt ceiling, Argentina inquriry, Fracking, JDub


This week in power: Boycott ban, Beck, Obama, Polygamy


This week in power:  Obama, Flotilla, King’s Torah, Two Worlds


This week in power: Obama, Gay marriage, Delta, Dutch ban


This week in power: Obama, Kentucky, Yale resolution, Dog sentencing


This week in power: GOP race, Beck rally, Russell Crowe, Yale


This week in power: Weiner, Obama, Lederman, Palin


With the over-abundance of Synagogues in O.C., I had to pick this one!


This week in power: Netanyahu, Medicare, Obama, Tiki Barber


This week in power: Netanyahu’s visit, DSK, Von Trier, Bear Jew


This Week in power: Nakba Day, Glenn Beck, Strauss-Kahn, Dan Adler


This week in power: Hillary Clinton, Tony Kushner, 2012 race, bin Laden


This week in power: Bin Laden, Hamas, Huckabee, Yaroslavsky



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