Tom Maayan, a sophomore student at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and upcoming star basketball player, will return to Israel before his season ends in order to serve in the IDF. Earlier this...
Israeli Media’s Anonymity Dilemma
I can finally tell you freely what I could not yesterday: Eyal Golan, a famous Israeli singer, is under investigation by the Israeli police for statutory rape. There I said it. What a relief. Until...
A Last Posting from the JFNA GA: DaromaTzafona and Phytech
This is my last in a series of posts on the GA. This and others have focused on the people who came to the GA to promote various causes. You can see my previous post about the GA itself. As in...
Rutgers Univ Jewish Studies: Springsteen Is A God
At Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, home-state of singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, a Byrne Freshman Seminar course will be offered in 2014 that studies the theology of Springsteen...
More from the JFNA GA: Bet Elazraki and Hiddush
This is my third in a series of posts on the GA. You can see my previous post about the GA itself. I was tired after a long day of standing around talking with people at the different exhibits. I...
World Amazed That A Rabbi Is Honest?
What gives? Every media outlet is just dumbfounded and amazed that a rabbi in Connecticut who purchased a desk online and found money in it, was honest, and he returned the cash discreetly (well as...
From The JFNAGA 2013: 2 Important Non Profts
This is my second in a series of posts on the GA. This and others will focus on the people who came to the GA to promote various causes. You can see my previous post about the GA itself. A number of...
Dr. Ruth Answers The Jewish Channel Viewers on Sex
The U.S. agenda for Israeli-Palestinian peace; Comic artist Art Spiegelman (Maus) gets a retrospective at The Jewish Museum; Dr. Ruth Westheimer vistis TJC’s “The Salon”; the...
The Jewish Federation of North America General Assembly 2013
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) hold an annual convention so that its members and leaders can meet to discuss the issues that confront the North American Jewish Community, share ideas...
How Does the NY Times Keep Getting it Wrong?
I cancelled my subscription to the NY Times a couple of years ago after many years of being a loyal subscriber. The reason was my fatigue at reading the endless anti-Israel commentary and reporting...