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Jewish Leadership & Philanthropy
-Ariel Beery and Aharon Horwitz, the co-founders of the PresenTense Institute for Creative Zionism, say that Jews need to “replace ...
Steinhardt: Hebrew Charter Schools are the Answer
For months we’ve been hearing about the Areivim Fund, the Michael Steinhardt-led, $100 million fund for…something.Now we’re getting some clues ...
Why Can’t Jews Fight Crime Too?
So, a couple of months ago I’m visiting my parents for the High Holidays and I’m watching Letterman, and Dave ...
More on the GA and da Young Folk
JTA’s Jacob Berkman has written up a detailed article about the “youth-focused” sessions at the GA. He quotes me criticizing ...
Jew vs. Jew in the Name of Religion
-When a custodial parent and a 13-year have sharply different religious views, whose view should prevail? (Forward)-The rapidly growing ultraorthodox ...
From the GA: Condi Speaks
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice just finished her address to the GA. She did everything right that Howard Dean did ...
From the GA: Are We Too Narcissistic?
For years, the UJC has been promising to give “the younger generation” a more prominent public role at the GA. ...
More Blogging from the GA
As you saw before, our Editor-in-Chief is blogging from UJC’s General Assembly. Also blogging is comprehensive staff from the Jewish ...
That’s Irving Spiderman to You!
Around 2002 when the first Spider-Man movie came out, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart joked that now that Spidey was ...
The GA: Howard Dean Bombs
For the next couple of days, I’m in Nashville at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly — the annual mega-conference ...
Is Your Dog Jewish?
In fact, my dog is Jewish. Here’s how I know.I recently moved with my husband to an outer suburb of ...
Minorities in the Negev
Dimona, Israel is known for it’s nuclear plant more than anything else. Most people living in this development town try ...
Jesus and Halakha
I was recently researching some of the ritual practices of Jews for Jesus and stumbled upon the website of the ...
New Jewish Studies Fellowship
The Forward reports: The Foundation for Jewish Culture, in partnership with the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, recently announced ...
Rummikub
When I was in college, a popular Israel advocacy technique was to inform the campus of “cool facts” about Israel.“Did ...