Spirituality/Tradition
Obama, FDR, and Zionism
President Barack Obama has spoken of his deep admiration for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his desire to emulate FDR's style of leadership. But many...
Appointment of First Latin American Pope Coincides with Growing Focus on Latino Catholic-Jewish Relations
With the selection of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I, the Catholic Church has recognized the growing significance of Latin American Catholics for the future of the Church. For Jews and the state...
The 2013 Council of American Jewish Museums Conference
Last week in lower Manhattan, the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) hosted their annual conference, bringing together Jewish museum professionals from across the Americas and from around the world. I followed the conference,...
Unlikely Teammates: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and His Jewish Manager (INTERVIEW)
Standing behind the podium of the 2013 NAACP Image Awards is a man in a tux with a red tie whose smooth, dark skin is stretched over a frame so long that it cannot fit...
South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein: I Know Apartheid Firsthand (INTERVIEW)
Rabbi Warren Goldstein grew up in South Africa. He is also a regular visitor to...
Famous Philippine Fashion Blogger Bryan Boy Celebrating…Shabbat
Philippine Fashion blogger Bryan Grey Yambao, better known as Bryan Boy, has been celebrating Shabbat...
Jewish Reading Reviews
Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies and I find it thoroughly...
Bulls and Lambs
Not only animal rights groups have difficulty with this week's Parsha (bible portion). Many if...
Marching in the Jordan Valley in Memory of Hila Bezaleli
Last Friday (March 8), marchers marked the third annual Jordan Valley March. The event attracted...
Obama, FDR, and Zionism
President Barack Obama has spoken of his deep admiration for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his desire to emulate FDR's style of leadership. But many Israelis...
Appointment of First Latin American Pope Coincides with Growing Focus on Latino Catholic-Jewish Relations
With the selection of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I, the Catholic Church has recognized the growing significance of Latin American Catholics...
The 2013 Council of American Jewish Museums Conference
Last week in lower Manhattan, the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) hosted their annual conference, bringing together Jewish museum professionals from across the...
Unlikely Teammates: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and His Jewish Manager (INTERVIEW)
Standing behind the podium of the 2013 NAACP Image Awards is a man in a tux with a red tie whose smooth, dark skin is...
South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein: I Know Apartheid Firsthand (INTERVIEW)
Rabbi Warren Goldstein grew up in South Africa. He is also a regular visitor to Israel. With those two experiences, he is quick to respond...
Famous Philippine Fashion Blogger Bryan Boy Celebrating…Shabbat
Philippine Fashion blogger Bryan Grey Yambao, better known as Bryan Boy, has been celebrating Shabbat recently. How does The Algemeiner know? Because he has been...
Jewish Reading Reviews
Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies and I find it thoroughly enjoyable. Books always allow us to seek further knowledge,...
Bulls and Lambs
Not only animal rights groups have difficulty with this week's Parsha (bible portion). Many if not most people in our modern era have a problem...
Marching in the Jordan Valley in Memory of Hila Bezaleli
Last Friday (March 8), marchers marked the third annual Jordan Valley March. The event attracted more than 5,000 participants from all over the Israel. Stretching...
Between Destiny and Chance
The third book of the Torah is known in English as "Leviticus", a word deriving from Greek and Latin, meaning, "pertaining to the ...
Obama Will Stick to Kosher-for-Passover Diet During His Stay at King David Hotel
With workers at Jerusalem's King David Hotel preparing for Passover, including clearing out the entire hotel and its kitchen from any grain and legumes in...
Grim 75th Anniversary: Hitler’s Dream, Austrian Jewry’s Nightmare
Adolf Hitler had long dreamed of making his native Austria a part of Germany and subjecting Austria's Jews to the same fate he had in...
Obama to Visit Church of the Nativity
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to visit Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity during his visit to the Middle East next week. The church is widely...
Jewish Leaders Call for Further Measures to Protect Mount of Olives Cemetery
Jewish leaders this week asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take further steps to secure Jerusalem's ancient Mount of Olives ("Har Hazeitim" in Hebrew)...
