Jewish History
OU Condemns Hate Speech
Kudos to the Orthodox Union for swiftly condemning Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpe’s public remarks that Israeli leaders Ehud Omert, Tzipi ...
Lantos to Retire
Congressman Tom Lantos has announced that he’ll be retiring because of illness. Lantos is the only Holocaust survivor ever elected ...
Israel News for the New Year
-An association of hundreds of Israeli rabbis called the Rabbinical Congress for Peace – Pikuach Nefesh recently wrote U.S. President ...
Charlie Wilson’s Jews
Yesterday, I took in a viewing of Charlie Wilson’s War, the Aaron Sorkin-written, Tom Hanks-acted film about the congressman responsible ...
Transitions
Last week, I blogged about the closing of the Ziv Tzedakah Fund. Today I received this letter from their Israel ...
Ziv Tzedakah Fund to Close
For more than 25 years, Danny Siegel, aka the Mitzvah Man, has been distributing money to little-known tzedakah projects primarily ...
Sell the Matzah, Keep the Hametz
Still looking for a holiday gift? Got $25 million just laying around? The Streit’s Matzo factory, prime real estate located ...
Most Inspiring Person of 2007
Beliefnet has been polling its readers for a little while now, trying to decide on the most inspiring person of ...
Synagogues & Rabbis
-When an interfaith center building is owned in part by a Messianic Jewish organization, should a rabbi agree to officiate ...
Jews & Sports on the International Scene
The history of Jews in Europe and the early Zionist movement show ample examples of the convergence of sports and Judaism. By Michael Brenner