“Jewish teens in the United States, apparently, aren’t very Jewish.” So says the Jerusalem Post. According to a recent 4-year study: Only 44 percent believe in a personal God who is...
Author - Laya Millman
support for suicide bombings down, hamas up
Ha’aretz reports “Support among Palestinians for suicide bombings has dropped sharply in the past six months, from 77 percent to 29 percent, according to a poll published Monday”...
The Unbearable Politics of Being
I am fond of saying “Politics in Israel is like sex in America; every one is either doing it, or talking about it”. I don’t often engage in political debates on this site, because I...
Good Purim, Good Purim, let the festivities begin!
“When the month of Adar begins we increase in joy†(Talmud Ta-anit 29a) Rosh Chodesh Adar (bet) is upon us and Jerusalemites waste no time in getting the party started in preparation for Purim...
Dr. Janice, the “Love Coach” in the Jewish Week!
A Coach For Big-League Dating Esther D. Kustanowitz – Staff Writer The Jewish Week I’m far from being SportsGirl. But even I know that the athletes who rule the courts, fields and arenas...
Pass the Jew’s Ear, please?
First we’re an invasive weed, now an edible fungus. Jews sure get a bum wrap in the plant world. “Jew’s-ear (Auricularia auricula-judae) – widely distributed edible fungus...