Posts Tagged: Jewish
Jewish Teen to be Honored With “Nobel Prize for Children” Award
A 19 year old Jewish teen will be among the 6 recipients of the World of Children Award, which has been referred to as the...
Use Fish, Not Chicken for Kaparot
Thousands of Orthodox Jews are preparing to swing live chickens over their heads before Yom Kippur, symbolically transferring their sins to the chicken. The chicken...
Dozens of Senators Urge Release of Jewish American Alan Gross From Cuba
Nearly half the U.S. Senate came together in a bipartisan letter led by Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) that urges Cuban...
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 ...
Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed 2012
1. Yom Kippur is observed on the tenth day of the Jewish month of Tishrey, whose astrological sign is Libra (♎). Libra symbolizes key themes...
No Surprise: America Under Attack Again in the Mideast
The September 11 assassination of four American diplomats in Benghazi, Libya, and the assault on Washington's embassy in Cairo was a complete surprise to the...
Obama in Denial on the War Against America
The Obama administration was wrong when first it said that what happened in Cairo and Benghazi was a spontaneous gush of righteous Muslim...
President Morsi Makes His Demand on the U.S.
In a New York Times interview published on September 23, 2012, the new president of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, makes his demand for a change...
Senate: Preventing a Nuclear Iran is Vital National Interest
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution stating that containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not an option. The non-binding bipartisan resolution, which passed 90-1,...
Syrian Mortars Hit Inside Israel in Northern Golan
Several mortars fired by Syrian government troops targeting rebels hit open agricultural fields in Israel's Golan Heights region on Tuesday morning, marking the...
Netanyahu UN Speech Preview: Security of Israel is Only Consideration
Following President Obama's address on Tuesday in which the Iranian nuclear issue and the drive for peace between Israelis and Palestinians was discussed, Israeli Prime...
Obama to UN: ‘Time is Not Unlimited’ on Iran
In his speech at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama focused heavily on the wide range of issues afflicting the...
U.S. Jewish Leaders Cancel Meeting with Palestinian Authority Leader Abbas
A scheduled meeting between the president of the Palestinian Authority and American-Jewish leaders in New York yesterday was canceled after the office of Israeli Prime...
Thoughts From the UK’s Chief Rabbi on Yom Kippur 5773
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the supreme moment of Jewish time, a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and self-judgement. At...
