The film with the greatest number of Oscar nominations this year is The King’s Speech, directed by Tom Hooper, and starring Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi, and...
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Are Jewish Mothers Losing to The Chinese*?
The Wall Street Journal published an essay, titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” this past Shabbat. It was written by Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School and the author of a...
Sparks of European Jewish Innovation
For those that have been surfing the usual Jewish innovation sites, there seems to be a theme floating around about European Jewish Innovation and getting the word out on what’s out there...
A collective mi shaberach for Congresswoman Giffords and for Debbie Friedman
Tonight in North America, two Jewish women are fighting for their lives. Collective prayers are being said for their full recoveries. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) was shot while she was...
Gallup: Jews are Happiest
The Gallup Poll in the United States released their latest study this week on the state of wellbeing across Americans of various faith. Jews, the study found, have the highest wellbeing, overall. The...
Natalie Portman: Pregnant and Engaged
The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh Away. It’s been a bittersweet December – the same month that brought us news of Scarlett Johansson’s impending availability, now brings us news...
Bloomington Maccabees Consecrate a Rock
It started a few weeks ago, on November 23, in Bloomington Indiana, home of the Indiana University Hoosiers. A rock was thrown at the Hillel House and at the Chabad House. At the university’s...
Cupid Meet Latka, Latka Meet Latka.
OkCupid.com, a free online dating site, might be doing more for Jewish continuity this Hanukkah than all the American JCC’s and Federations combined. Yesterday, the site launched its Eight Days...