Posts Tagged: Jewish Identity
Sharansky Re-elected as Jewish Agency Chairman
Members of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) Board of Governors has re-elected Natan Sharansky for another term as JAFI's chairman of the executive, Israel Hayom...
Brooklyn College Sponsorship of Anti-Israel Event Has Left Jewish Students Feeling ‘Isolated’ and ‘Uncomfortable’
Students at Brooklyn College say that the controversial BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) event aimed at Israel and co-sponsored by the school's Political Science Department...
Annexation and Withdrawal: A Modest Proposal
When is enough really enough? For the State of Israel, apparently, still not yet. Israeli military occupation over the "West Bank" is a 45-year-old mistake and...
Thoughtful Adventures of Jewish Identity
"Union Square Park in Manhattan was the scene of a nighttime festival," author Theodore Ross excitedly remarks, as he seeks out the 2010 "Sukkah City"...
The Scattered Tribe: Discovering Remote Jewish Communities
Author Ben G. Frank takes the old fortune cookie prediction "you will be on the soil of many countries" very seriously, especially as he embarks...
European Jews Must Pull Their Heads Out of the Sand
The time has come for European Jews to pull their heads out of the sand, face reality and ask themselves honestly whether their children...
How in Losing a Congressional Race I Found More of Myself
A few hours ago I lost my bid to unseat Congressman Bill Pascrell in New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District. But thank G-d, I'm in a...
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...
American Jewish Organizations Must Support Government Funding For Jewish Schools
Government provides aid to Jewish schools in Australia, Britain and Canada - and it is high time that the Jewish community in America demands the...
The State of the Jews: A Critical Appraisal (REVIEW)
The State of the Jews A Critical Appraisal by Edward Alexander Transaction Publishers, 2012. $35 pp. 264 As anti-Zionism/anti-Semitism have become more acceptable as "genuine" criticism within...
Danny Danon: Israel the Will to Prevail
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, the ideological father of Israel's Likud Party imparted many great words of wisdom, but perhaps among his most important messages was his teaching...
German Circumcision Ban Shows Jew-Hatred Back in Fashion
When a court in Cologne, Germany ruled in June that circumcision should henceforth be considered illegal, those who are tasked with raising the alarm about...
Elvis Presley’s Jewish Roots Highlighted on his 35th Yahrtzheit
On the 35th anniversary of his death Thursday, Tablet magazine highlighted something about Elvis Presley that even his die-hard fans probably don't know: he's Jewish! According...
Jewish Gymnast Aly Raisman and the Future of Jewish Identity
You don't have to be a sports fan, to appreciate the Olympics. Every four years, we are treated to two-weeks of the epic, heart-stopping dramas...
