11 Feb History, Latest, Politics, topics A Revolution By Any Other Name August 15, 2012 By elisniv 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Niv Elis For the Czech Republic it was Velvet. For Serbia, it was a Bulldozer. For Iran, it was distinctly Islamic. But nobody...Continue reading
09 Feb History, Latest Czech Out Those Jews: Judaism in the Czech Republic May 8, 2012 By elisniv 7 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Kayla Green How is it possible to judge the attitude toward Jews in the Czech Republic, a country where Jews have in recent history...Continue reading
08 Feb Latest, Politics, Religion For Israel, Tough Choices on Egypt May 8, 2012 By elisniv 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Steven Philp On Saturday Israeli President Shimon Peres offered a defense of beleaguered Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, on the grou...Continue reading
07 Feb Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest Who Says Jews Don’t Have Soul? May 8, 2012 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Beth Kissileff No one could have predicted thirty years ago that the cantorial school at Hebrew Union College would one day be name...Continue reading
04 Feb Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest Yoo-hoo, Ms. Rivers! May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove As she’d be the first to joke about, Joan Rivers has tough skin. While her 2010 documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece...Continue reading
02 Feb Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest Abraham Yurberg: A Life In Art May 8, 2012 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Chelsea Beroza Walking into Abraham Yurberg’s retrospective at Ten43 Gallery is like walking into a moment trapped in time. Yurberg...Continue reading
01 Feb History, Latest The Golem in the Attic May 8, 2012 By elisniv 10 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Kayla Green Tucked away in the snowy cobblestone streets of Prague’s Jewish Quarter stands a synagogue that is as old and significa...Continue reading
01 Feb Culture, Latest, Politics The Ah-Hah Moment May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Steven Philp Matt Goldman was not like the other six-year-old boys in his Cub Scout Den. First, he was Jewish. Second, he was gay. ...Continue reading
28 Jan Latest, Politics Cairo is Burning; Is Egyptian-Israeli Peace Next? May 8, 2012 By elisniv 6 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Niv Elis As the world watches the unprecedented protests in Cairo unfold live on Al Jazeera, America and Israel face an intractable...Continue reading
25 Jan Latest, Politics Hollywood, Oscars and the Jews May 8, 2012 By elisniv 10 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Sophie Taylor This morning's Oscar nominations did no favors to anyone hoping to dispel the myth that Jews control Hollywood. In th...Continue reading