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What should we bring? Thanksgiving foods that travel well
Some tips for savvy guests to consider when bringing a dish or two to Thanksgiving, or Jewish holiday, meals. Read more »
Table talk for a Jewish Thanksgiving
For what should a Jew be thankful? Here's a discussion for the table and a few answers. Read more »
Conference explores steamier side of shtetl life
Life in the shtetl wasn’t all Shabbat candles and milking cows, says a growing group of scholars focusing on sex and gender roles in Yiddish literature and film. Read more »
Eastern Europe’s Jews now out of the shadows
When the Cold War ended 20 years ago, Jewish communities in Eastern Europe were small, weak and generally veiled. Now Jewish life, culture, religious practice and ethnic identity are part of Europe's contemporary mosaic -- often unabashedly so. Read more »
Jewish support for Israeli-Arab causes goes mainstream, irking some
The Reform movement's endorsement of advocacy for Israeli Arabs was the latest sign that Jewish support for Israeli-Arab causes has gone mainstream. Not everyone is happy about that. Read more »
Sy Syms, clothing magnate and philanthropist, dies at 83
Sy Syms, the founder of a discount retail clothing chain and a major philanthropist, has died. Read more »
Rubashkin plans appeal, but another trial looms
Sholom Rubashkin is hoping to be exonerated on appeal following his conviction for crimes that carry a potential prison sentence of 1,250 years. But first the former vice president of the largest U.S. kosher meat plant is facing another trial on additional charges and a bail hearing. Read more »
Citing new reality, JDC presses for change in funding formula
The main international relief agency of the Jewish federation system says it is pulling the plug on a long-standing funding arrangement, saying it requires more money to meet the humanitarian needs of poor Jews abroad. Read more »
Partying like a young Jew in Europe
One rabbi's recipe for young European Jews to find their mates: a weekend for hundreds of Jewish singles at a nice hotel with good food, lots of alcohol and a hot party on Saturday night. Read more »
‘Hug a Jew’ a hit on Facebook
More than 100,000 people have joined a Facebook group urging members to 'hug a Jew.' Read more »
- IAEA head to Iran: Accept enrichment offer
- Canadian Liberals object after Conservatives say they’re stronger Israel backers
- Israel arrests five P.A. officers
- Abbas: Israel talking to Hamas
- Abbas welcomed by Jewish pol in Brazil
- South African Jewish leader Mendel Kaplan dies
- Israel will send ship to NATO anti-terror force
- Obama: New Iran sanctions coming within weeks
- Female Orthodox scholars helping women talk about sex
- Obama half-brother has Jewish roots
- Lieberman: Fort Hood could be terror attack
- J Street confab shows generational divide on Israel
- What really happened at the Reform biennial in Toronto
- Rubashkin convicted on 86 charges
- Obama shifts to Israel’s corner, but tries not to show it
- Pro-Israel fliers confiscated at campus speech
