Jewish Identity
Sukkot: The Environmental Perspective
The weather is changing and in North America the leaves are falling, yet around this time of year Jews persist in going outside just...
34 Signs of Being a Sephardi/Mizrahi Jew
I just love being Sephardi (my family is originally Turkish). In fact, I find it to be one of the simple pleasures in life! Below are some comic observations on being a Sephardi, or...
Latino Jews Weigh in on Immigration, Israel Leading Up to Election
Meet Alex Halberstein. A swing voter in a swing state, the registered Independent's family moved in 1938 from Vienna to Peru, and then immigrated to Miami following the Peruvian revolution of 1968. Though Israel...
On the Boil: Obama, the Democrats and the Jews
The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the Presidential election contest and the efforts invested by both candidates portraying themselves as supportive of the Jewish State has assumed surrealistic levels. Overall, Israel's standing in the...
California Students Respond to ‘Undemocratic’ Anti-Israel Resolution
After being caught off guard by a resolution condemning a measure intended to defend their...
France Inaugurates New Holocaust Memorial
A new memorial for the Jews who were sent to an internment camp during...
The High Holidays in Jewish Cinema
When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High...
Jewish People Make Up Less Than 0.2% of World’s Population
According to a study by Hebrew University's Professor Sergio DellaPergola, the global Jewish population reached...
Sukkot: The Environmental Perspective
The weather is changing and in North America the leaves are falling, yet around this time of year Jews persist in going outside just when...
34 Signs of Being a Sephardi/Mizrahi Jew
I just love being Sephardi (my family is originally Turkish). In fact, I find it to be one of the simple pleasures in life!...
Latino Jews Weigh in on Immigration, Israel Leading Up to Election
Meet Alex Halberstein. A swing voter in a swing state, the registered Independent's family moved in 1938 from Vienna to Peru, and then ...
On the Boil: Obama, the Democrats and the Jews
The disproportionately high profile of American Jews in the Presidential election contest and the efforts invested by both candidates portraying themselves as supportive of the...
Where Jazz Met Kol Nidre
In 1927, The Jazz Singer ushered out the era of silent cinema with Jack Robin's emotional rendition of Kol Nidre. The film's profound ...
California Students Respond to ‘Undemocratic’ Anti-Israel Resolution
After being caught off guard by a resolution condemning a measure intended to defend their state's campus communities against anti-Semitism, pro-Israel students at the University...
France Inaugurates New Holocaust Memorial
A new memorial for the Jews who were sent to an internment camp during the Holocaust by the Nazi-collaborating French Vichy regime was...
The High Holidays in Jewish Cinema
When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holidays. Its tale was a measure of Jewry's ties to...
Jewish People Make Up Less Than 0.2% of World’s Population
According to a study by Hebrew University's Professor Sergio DellaPergola, the global Jewish population reached 13.75 million in the past year, with an increase of 88,000...
Fear and Trembling: The Days of Awe and Israel’s Strike
They are called the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, these ten days from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kipur. But I would argue that the...
Ten Ways You Know Rosh Hashana in Israel is Almost Here
1. Turn on the radio any time in the weeks between the date school starts and Yom Kippur, and it's a sure bet that on...
Pro-Circumcision Rally Held in Berlin, German Activists Seek a “Fantasy Israel with no Judaism”
On Sunday, September 9, 2012, the first ever pro-circumcision and Jewish (and Muslim) life rally in Germany, was held in Berlin. In May 2012 a...
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,...
Thoughts from the Chief Rabbi for Rosh Hashanah 5773
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is a kind of clarion call, a summons to the Ten Days of Penitence which culminate in the Day...
