At last, Warsaw’s Museum of the History of Polish Jews is dedicated

Published on April 18, 2013

Krzysztof Sliwinski, a longtime Catholic activist in Jewish-Polish relations, gazed wide-eyed at the swooping interior of this city's Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Mezuzahs set ablaze in haredi Orthodox Brooklyn section

Published on April 9, 2013

Eleven mezuzahs were set afire in a residential building in Brooklyn in an incident that New York City police are treating as a hate crime.

Conn. legislation will allow mezuzahs on condo doorframes

Published on April 10, 2012

Connecticut State Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney is expected to announce legislation to protect citizens' rights to display religious symbols.

Mezuzah case goes to federal court in Chicago

Published on July 13, 2011

A federal trial involving a condo association that removed mezuzahs from residents’ doorposts opened in Chicago.

Texas governor signs mezuzah law

Published on June 21, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a law that would require homeowner associations to permit religious displays on residents' doors, including mezuzot. Perry signed the bill at the end of the Texas legislative session on June 17; it reportedly had been unclear whether he would sign the new law.

Briefs: Weiss proposes city funds divestment; D.A. rejects marijuana raid case

Published on June 14, 2007

Community briefs.

Burglary, raid, mezuzah underscore pot law issue

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on May 24, 2007

Alex Grabiner was not a particularly religious Jew, but when he and a few friends opened a medical marijuana pharmacy last year in the San Fernando Valley, they invited an Orthodox rabbi to install three mezuzot in hopes that God would bless their business.

Chabad Cafe Makes Waves in Malibu

By Evan Pondel
Published on August 26, 2004

The recently mounted mezuzah on the front door of a soon-to-be opened restaurant in Malibu is symbolic for many reasons.

It marks the first kosher eatery to open in the seaside community. It also symbolizes Chabad of Malibu's first foray into mainstream life in a city of surfers and celebrities.

Chabad has been cultivating its surf town persona since 2001, purchasing several buildings and a house across the street from the Malibu Pier. A sign posted in front of the property portrays the silhouette of a Chabadnik riding a surfboard.

Test-a-Jew

By Mark Miller
Published on July 29, 2004

Back in high school, I had a crush on a Protestant girl, Joan Reid. She told me that her mother encouraged her to date -- and even marry -- Jewish guys because: a) They're smarter and work harder; b) They make great fathers; c) They don't get drunk and beat you.

Door to Holiness

By Rabbi Moshe D. Bryski
Published on January 29, 2004

So what's with the blood on the doors? In this week's Torah portion of Bo, we learn of the final steps leading up to the liberation of Israel from slavery in ancient Egypt.

Aromatherapy Miracles

By Carin Davis
Published on March 21, 2002

"American Pie" star Shannon Elizabeth may appear to have perfect skin. But Michelle Ornstein knows that everyone, even stars, have bad skin days. And when they do, they turn to this Israeli-born spa owner for help.

Sephardic Survival

By Adam Wills
Published on November 29, 2001

"Survivor" as inspiration for Jewish programming? It seems strange that the divisive show where deceit, backstabbing and empty promises are de rigueur would serve as the inspiration for a Shabbaton that stresses the importance of religious and cultural continuity. Yet Sephardic Tradition and Recreation (STAR) has seized on this pop culture phenomenon and infused it with a positive spin.

A-door-able Art

By Jewish Journal Staff
Published on October 25, 2001

In these patriotic times, everyone -- from the fashion industry to the jewelry industry -- is capitalizing on the American flag motif.

So it should come as no surprise that someone believes that Jews will want to display the flag too, in the most unlikely of places: religious articles.

An End to Denial

By Julie Wiener
Published on September 6, 2001

The Borough Park section of Brooklyn is one of America's most visibly Jewish neighborhoods.

On several residential blocks of one- and two-family brick homes, almost every front door has a mezuzah. Modestly dressed women push strollers, while girls in dresses and boys in tzitzit and kippot play on the sidewalks. Sixteenth Avenue, one of the main drags, is lined with religious study centers and yeshivot, small synagogues and Judaica stores.

And in the middle of it all is an agency that runs a treatment program for Orthodox Jewish pedophiles.

Ask Wendy

By Wendy Belzberg
Published on May 17, 2001

Ask Wendy.