No one hurt in synagogue ceiling collapse
Synagogue ceiling collapse highlights its congregants' ties with each other and the larger community. Read More »
Judaism 101: Is Sunday morning Hebrew school passé?
More and more New York Hebrew schools are eliminating Sunday classes and opting for only weekday after school Hebrew school class schedules. Read More »
Israel: More 'hidden' Jews
Many if not most Palestinian Arabs are descended from Jews who were forced to convert to Islam over the past one thousand years. There are numerous s Read More »
Judaism 101: Does Parashat Ekev have a hedonistic message?
A discussion of the themes of gratification and satiety in Parashat Ekev. Read More »
Judaism 101: What is Tisha B'Av and how is it observed?
A brief description of the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, its observance, and NYC congregations that offer educational programs along with praye Read More »
Events: singles; author talk; meet artist; Ugandan Jews; musical; Macabi Film Festival
NY Jewish cultural events in the coming weeks include singles events; an author talk; gallery show and meet the artist; a talk by a representative of Read More »
Brooklyn rabbinic student becomes first Israeli world boxing champion
Brooklyn rabbinic student Yuri Foreman became the first Israeli to win a world boxing title Saturday night when he defeated Daniel Santos of Puerto R Read More »
Tonight: Rabbis for Human Rights and playwrights read from their plays
The executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights will speak and answer questions followed by two playwrights reading from their politically engaged Read More »
JWW solar cookers prevent Darfuri rapes (and other inspiring works via Goodstock)
My examiner review of last Sunday's Goodstock charity fair in Park Slope. Read More »
New York's upcoming Israeli film festivals
New York City's upcoming Israeli film festivals this November, December, and January. Read More »
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- Turkey has given Israeli defense contractors 50 days to deliver 10 promised drone aircraft.
- Iran began an air defense drill designed to protect its nuclear program, Iranian state television reported.
- The Gaza war has spurred more Israeli recruits to request service in combat units, the country's army said.
- Fervently Orthodox demonstrators protested again at the Intel factory in Jerusalem for operating on Shabbat.
- Israel will stop building settlements once the Palestinians start negotiating, President Shimon Peres said.
- Turkey demands delivery of Israeli drones
- Iran begins air defense drill
- More Israeli recruits seeking to join combat units
- Haredim return to protest Jerusalem Intel factory
- Peres: Settlement building stops if Palestinians talk
- Gaza groups agree to stop rocket fire
- Pakistani Mumbai terrorists arrested in Italy
- Riot police break up Hungarian neo-Nazi group meeting
- 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
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Posted in: Time for a Jewish Couples Hall of Fame
07/31/09 02:30 PM
Edmon, I'm seeking west coast Jewish couples who are willing to be interviewed and photographed for I Am My Beloved's: Jewish-American Couples Talk About Their Marriages. I would be grateful for any couples you refer. Shabbat shalom, David Cooper
Posted in: Poll: Most Israelis know Temple destroyed on Tisha B'Av
07/31/09 12:25 PM
Do the majority of respondents want to scrap Rabbinic Judaism and return to a cult of priests, shelve the service of the heart and return to animal sacrifices? Without the destruction of the Temple there would be no Yavne, no Mishna, no Gemorah, no Tosefot, no Midrashic literature, no commentaries, no sophisticated civilization into which Judaism has evolved over the past two millennia. Are the majority of poll respondents really Neo-Sadducees?
Posted in: New program to train Orthodox women as non-rabbis (UPDATED)
05/19/09 05:11 PM
Calling a woman rabbi a maharat is like calling a same sex marriage a civil union: separate is implicitly unequal. When Weiss and his congregation are ready to embrace full gender equality they will find a welcoming home in the Conservative movement.
Posted in: Women's group slams Israeli supermodel
03/12/09 07:32 PM
It would have been be helpful had you included a link to the advertisement in question so that readers could decide for themselves whether or not it is sexist.
Posted in: Op-Ed: Community can reshape future marred by Madoff
03/06/09 02:51 PM
Well put. I hope the response of the community confirms your optimism.
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