My parents took me to Paris three times before I ever went with my school, and every single time it was for my own good. That was the actual pitch. Paris would make me cultured. Paris would make me...
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NYT Slams Birthright Show, WSJ Chokes on Maisel, French Deliberate Female Rabbi; JTA Reflects on Sexual Accusations...
There are only three female rabbis with pulpits in France. The Washington Post reports on one of them: Delphine Horvilleur (pictured above) She remains unrecognized by France’s central Jewish...
Death to the Jews!
That’s what 100s of anti-Israel rioters yelled in Paris today as they attacked the synagogue de la Roquette (yeah, really). If that wasn’t enough, they also threw a molotov cocktail a the...
My Yiddishe Mama
I’ve been known to give Ashkenazic Jews a hard time on occasion, from the collection of jokes my family used to tell around the table, to poking fun at abominations such as Geffilte Fish...
Presumption of Innocence: Accused bomber to resume teaching
Meet Ottawa academic Hassan Diab. Thirty years ago, in the first attack against the French Jewish community since the Nazi era, 4 people were murdered in an explosion at a synagogue on the Rue...