24 Dec Culture, Latest, Politics AIPAC vs. Seinfeld May 8, 2012 By elisniv 4 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Daniel Kieval I recently heard a lecture by J. J. Goldberg, senior columnist for The Forward, about the current state of American...Continue reading
10 Dec Latest, Politics People of the Book: Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer The story of Jewish Eastern European immigration is a familiar one. Even if one never had the chance to know their ...Continue reading
07 Dec Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest Maccabeats Suffer “Wardrobe Malfunction” May 8, 2012 By elisniv 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Doni Kandel The Yeshiva University Maccabeats, the university’s a capella group that has taken the United States by storm, received...Continue reading
19 Nov Latest, Politics It's 1979, do you know where your Nazis are? May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer By 1948, World War II had been over for three years, yet hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced persons rem...Continue reading
02 Nov Latest, Politics The Emergence of Jewish Republicans May 8, 2012 By elisniv 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Gabriel Weinstein After a year of raucous Tea Party protests, growing disillusionment with presidential policies and economic stagn...Continue reading
07 Oct Latest, Politics Textbook Tussle May 8, 2012 By Symi Rom-Rymer 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Symi Rom-Rymer "No other country in the world, in its official curriculum, would treat the fact of its founding as a catastrophe," ...Continue reading
06 Oct Latest, Politics Jews In the Media on Jews In The Media May 8, 2012 By elisniv 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Ben Goldberg CNN anchor Rick Sanchez was fired last weekend after calling Jon Stewart a “bigot” and saying that CNN and most of the...Continue reading
05 Oct Culture, Latest, Religion They’re Here, They’re Queer….We’re still getting used to it. May 8, 2012 By elisniv 53 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Niv Elis Dismayed. Disappointed. Disgusted. These are the adjectives commenters posted in response to a statement by The Jewish ...Continue reading
05 Oct Latest, Politics Web Exlclusive – The Kosher Tea Party May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram It's well-known that American Jews tend to lean left politically. Over 70 percent, for example, voted for Barack Obama. But what abou...Continue reading
30 Sep Culture, Latest, Religion What Do Jews and Mormons Have in Common? May 8, 2012 By Sala Levin 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Lisa Krysiak and Sala Levin An above-average knowledge of the "core teachings, history and leading figures of major world religions...Continue reading