Do you really need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing? IDK. But I do know that every American Jewish community professional has been waiting the release of the Pew Research...
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Israelis Want to Know: What are American Jews Like?
One of the issues of concern to those in the Jewish world of late, has been the growing divide between Jews in Israel and Jews in America. There are about 6.5 million Jews in Israel and 5.3 million...
Obama Brunches and Speaks on ‘We Are All Jews’
The opening of this year’s 2016 National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton sounded weird to my ears. In New York City you don’t normally hear people saying that they will “pray on that,” or...
Jews Debate Jewish Christmas vs. Christmas (vs. MatzoBall)
The Jewish debaters in this clip are surprisingly passionate about their positions. Some Jews clearly suffer from Christmas envy and that’s sad. It’s sad because it’s not even envy...
JewliciousReels: Shalom Quito (and Guayaquil)
This month in NYC there are several film festivals. Kulturfest, the Israel FIlm Center and the JCC have Yiddish and Israeli films. The Human Rights Watch, American Black, Lower East Side, Rooftop...
My Aunt Selma Was That Jew for Rand Paul
Are you aware of that hubbub, that tempest in a kosher for Passover teapot over Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) U.S. presidential campaign website? The web designers behind Rand Paul’s...
JewliciousReads: Lincoln and The Jews (He Wasn’t Just a Vampire Hunter)
LINCOLN AND THE JEWS A HISTORY BY Professor Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell Publication Date: March 17, 2015 St. Martin’s Press Thomas Dunne Books We know much about Jews, and lots about...
Why Teaching Science Is So Important
When I mention the big bang theory to my yeshiva students, they inevitably react with; “It’s apikorsus (heresy)!”, “Isn’t that evolution?”, “I like that show!”, and “We don’t...