Posts Tagged: Jews
Happy 64th Birthday, Israel!
What's so special about a country's 64th birthday? Well, in the case of most nations, perhaps not all that much, unless the country happens to...
Romney’s Mormonism Puts Him in Good Position For Jewish Votes
Jewish advocates for U.S. President Barack Obama are trumpeting the results of a new survey of Jewish voter preferences and issue identification. The...
North Carolina Plays Host to 18 Violins Recovered from the Holocaust
Eighteen violins from European Jewish communities destroyed during the Holocaust are now being heard nearly 70 years later in North Carolina. Amnon Weinstein began...
Latino Views of Jews in America Depend Heavily on Contact in Communties
A survey by the American Jewish Committee on Latino-Jewish relations shows that positive Latino views about Jews tend to correlate with how much...
On Campus: What Jewish Students Need Most is Personal Courage
The last shot fired in the nasty combat being carried out on our nation's campuses took place at Florida Atlantic University, where a...
15th Century Jewish Prayer Book Expected to Fetch Over Half a Million Dollars (PHOTOS)
Christie's New York will be unveiling to the public for the first time since it's creation in Tuscany during the late 15th century, an extremely...
Hip-Hop Artist Drake: Playing A Mega-Positive Role in the Jewish Orchestra
Rabbi Avi Weiss says the Jewish community can be compared to a symphony orchestra, one in which there are drummers, flautists, violinists, and so on....
Mount of Olives Attacks Brings Security Situation in East Jerusalem into Spotlight
The Mount of Olives in Eastern Jerusalem was the scene of an attack on Sunday night, as 7 molotov cocktails or "firebombs" were hurled at...
Israel Stresses “Immediate Steps” for Iran, Obama Urges Diplomacy Ahead of May Talks
Exposing a rift with Israel, U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday insisted that the U.S. has not "given anything away" in recently renewed...
Brotherhood Too Tame for Egyptian Presidential Runner-up Contender
Editors note: This article was written prior to recently enacted Egyptian laws banning the candidacy of some of the individuals mentioned in this article. It's the...
Would Hilary Rosen Have Criticized Stay-at-Home Dads as Never Having Worked?
It's good that Hilary Rosen apologized for her comments that Ann Romney, who chose to be a stay-at-home mom to raise her five boys, had...
Crossing The Sea To Go Backwards
We Jews are a fractious lot. And the Hasidic world is the ultimate in bitter religious splits. Satmar, the largest dynasty today, has two...
Thank You, Cherna & Irving Moskowitz
Making U.S. Presidential race headlines, Jewish philanthropist Dr. Irving Moskowitz has recently donated $1 million to American Crossroads; the Karl-Rove linked super PAC, in a...
Hillary Clinton Dangerously Inconsistent on Palestinian Funding
In a highly controversial move, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has approved a $147 million economic support package to the Palestinian people despite...
