14 Feb Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest The Combative Pacifism and Poetry of Grace Paley May 8, 2012 By elisniv 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove Grace Paley was a Jewish pacifist accused of having an Irish temper. Armed with a strong Bronx accent and a stronge...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
03 Feb Culture, Latest, Politics, Religion The Hypocrisy of Boycotting May 8, 2012 By Sala Levin 5 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Daniel Hoffman Many European and American students are familiar with academic boycotts of Israel, campaigns which emerged in the Un...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
24 Jan Latest, Politics Jewish Mother Redux May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 4 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer We’ve had the bad mother, the free-range mother, and now, thanks to Amy Chua, the Tiger Mother. From punishing late...Continue reading
21 Jan Culture, Latest, Misc "Ex-Gays": Not Just for Christians May 8, 2012 By Sala Levin 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Steven Philp This past Saturday, people gathered outside Barnes & Noble in El Paso, TX to protest a book signing by Pastor Tom ...Continue reading