Maxine Dovere / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Maxine Dovere / JNS.org
Calendar Conflict: When High Holidays Coincide With College Classes
The 2012 High Holidays will be unlike any others that preceded them in the history of Stony Brook University. This academic year, for the first time,...
Former Sharon Adviser Doubles as Media Guru and Holocaust Educator
For more than two decades, Raanan Gissin has spoken on Israel's behalf in many capacities. Gissin—a former senior adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and...
A Rabbi on Jewish-Christian relations
WASHINGTON, DC—Rabbi Shlomo Riskin first met Pastor John Hagee when he attended a rabbinic installation in San Antonio, Texas. At the time, Riskin was planning...
Living Life to the Fullest: Tips from Dr. Ruth (INTERVIEW)
Born Karola Ruth Siegel in Frankfurt, Germany, the woman now known as "Dr. Ruth" saw her father arrested by Nazis and said a final goodbye...
“Old Jews Telling Jokes” is Light on Humor, Heavy on Stereotypes
"Old Jews Telling Jokes" (OJTJ) is a 90-minute, five-person revue that combines comedy sketches and songs. Playing just off Broadway at the Westside...
Israeli Non Profit Gives Child Sex Offenders a Second Chance
On June 23, federal judge Tanya Walton Pratt upheld an Indiana law banning registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other forms of social media...
Fighting Cancer With Chai Lifeline
"I stand before you on one leg, more aware of every moment of life...Failure is not an option," said 20-year-old Anna Carissa Rahm, ...
After Peres’ Medal, Calls for Pollard’s Release Persist
The Washington festivities honoring Israeli President Shimon Peres have come and gone, without an assurance of clemency for jailed spy Jonathan Pollard. But while...
Murder Suicide Devestates Arizona Jewish Community
Following a businessman's destruction of his family, the Jewish community of Tempe, Ariz., has "no answers," according to a local rabbi. Sometime during the early...
Traveling the U.S.-Israel High Tech Highway
It was standing room only at the Israel Business Forum's Panel presentation focused on Israeli start-ups held May 22 in the midtown offices of Morgan...
Former U.S. Attorney General Makes Case for Regime Change in Iran
Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said the "ideal solution" to the Iranian nuclear threat is "regime change in Iran, [which] can certainly be a...
NY Rabbi Meets Cuban Diplomats to Urge Release of Alan Gross
Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadi met with top Cuban diplomats in New York and Washington, DC, from May 14-15 in an effort to foster...
Exposing the Palestinian Media
"If your enemy says he will destroy you, believe him." Those were the words of Itamar Marcus, founding director of Palestinian Media Watch, when he recently...
“Follow Me” Film Brings Entebbe Hero to Life
Yoni Netanyahu helped saved 102 Israeli hostages on a dark July 4 at Entebbe. Though mortally wounded, his spirit and leadership imbued his troops as they...
