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Jews & the Disabled

-A look at the treatment of marginal individuals (lepers, the disabled and the mentally ill) in medieval Northern European Jewish ...

Ultra Nomenclature

In the Forward this week, Abbott Katz begins his plea for new Jewish nomenclature with: “Stop calling me an ultra-Orthodox ...

Who’s More Pro-Israel?

I spent this past weekend with 175 Jewish high school students from the New York region of USY. The educational ...

Attitudes Toward the “Other”

-A majority of Israeli public feels religious and secular Jews ought to live in separate neighborhoods. (Ynet)-A new poll looks ...

Iranian Jewry in Political Action

As our homepage article addresses, many Jews from Iran left the country after the 1979 revolution. Those that came to ...

Thin Mints and Jewish Identity

I came across this post from Izzy Grinspan over at Jewcy on the same day that my beloved Tagalong Girl ...

The World of Jewish Education

-Photojournalist Zion Ozeri believes in using photography to teach Jewish values. (NJ Jewish Standard)-The Center for Online Jewish studies has ...

Another One of Israel’s Great Inventions

Israel is known for its technological innovations. In the fields of computers, medicine, and agriculture, the country has produced products ...

Reform Aliyah

-A new documentary focuses on American Jews who visit Israel, “the type of American Jew for whom support of Israel ...

Obama and the Jews

-David Horovitz argues that “McCain is plainly grappling with how best to confound the Islamists’ ambitions. In Philadelphia, it must ...

MTV and the Holocaust

MTV has two new public service announcements about the Holocaust, which are part of its Think campaign. Additionally the have ...

The Orthodox Conversion Agreement

-Rabbi Marc Angel calls the recent RCA deal with Israel’s Chief Rabbinate “a complete capitulation� to haredi standards. But others ...