09 Sep Latest, Politics Gaza Summer Camp Takes on Extremism May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram The UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) has received a serious amount of criticism f...Continue reading
05 Sep Latest, Misc, Politics MO's Jewish Cousin, A Rabbi Close to the Obamas May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram The Forward recently reported that Michelle Obama, wife of Sen. Barack Obama, has a cousin once removed who is a rabbi on Chicago's S...Continue reading
04 Sep Latest, Misc This Week's Links May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram Indiana Jones, err, archaeologists discovered a 2,600 year-old bulla bearing the name "Gedaliah ben Pashur" in the City of David. It...Continue reading
03 Sep Latest, Politics Should Jews Fear Palin? May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram When Sen. John McCain nominated Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential candidate, there were a number of reactions ...Continue reading
27 Aug Latest, Politics Dead Sea Scrolls to go Online May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram The Guardian and New York Times report that Israel will display the Dead Sea scrolls online through a sophisticated process that will u...Continue reading
21 Aug Latest, Misc This Week's Links May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram Lindsay Lohan is looking to convert to Judaism in order to get closer to her girlfriend. Says her father, "She's explored the Church...Continue reading
18 Aug Latest, Politics Rabbis, Religion to Star at the Democratic Convention May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram In an effort to display the religiousness of its candidate and reach out to religious voters, the Democratic National Convention will...Continue reading
15 Aug Latest, Politics Web Op-Ed: I Used to be a Democrat by David Epstein May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 7 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By David Epstein My trajectory from Democrat to Republican had a few curves of my own making. First, I volunteered to work for George...Continue reading
15 Aug Latest, Politics More Politics in the Olympic Pool May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram The Jerusalem Post reports that a Syrian swimmer, Bayan Jumah, withdrew from the eighth 50m freestyle preliminary heat today. Jumah's l...Continue reading
14 Aug Latest, Misc This Week's Links May 8, 2012 By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram Brad Pitt is not Jewish, but he is an actor, so he'll have to pretend. He signed on with Quentin Tarantino to play a leader of a gro...Continue reading