Some alumni of the free Israel trip say follow-up program Birthright Next tried to convince them to become Orthodox.
0 commentsThe dovish Washington-based Israel lobby J Street is about to take over the Jewish community's largest likeminded grassroots organization.
with Nathan Guttman 0 commentsCarol Leifer, former Seinfeld co-writer and co-producer, has now written her own book - an unflinchingly honest account of her journey from straight woman to lesbian, carnivore to vegan, "holiday Jewish" to deeply spiritual.
with Michael Kaminer 0 commentsBaruch Herzfeld launched his bike loan program to help ease tensions between the two communities.
with Nathaniel Popper 0 commentsIt is no secret that the communal prayer experience of socially integrated Jews in the West is deeply degraded.
with Saul J. Berman 0 commentsSince screening for Tay-Sachs disease began close to 40 years ago, Ashkenazic Jews have dominated the scene when it comes to Jewish genetic disorders.
with Talia Bloch 0 commentsBirthright, which sends young Jews on free 10-day trips to Israel, has come under fire for hiring companies with controversial clients.
with Nathaniel Popper 0 commentsFounders of New York's first public Hebrew-language school go to lengths to comfort critics of their intentions.
with Gal Beckerman 0 commentsRachel Menken's affair with Don Draper is a commentary on the place of Jews in the American myth.
with Sarah Seltzer 0 commentsExperts in Jewish law debate the religious status of selling superstition and reading the future, especially when it comes at a price.
with Michael Casper 0 commentsConfronted With Religious Identity at 30,000 Feet, and Other Tales of Jewish Recognition.
with Gerald Eskenazi 0 commentsForty years after the summer of love, new children's book tells of Woodstock host Max Yasgur's warmth and generosity.
with Kelly Hartog 0 commentsTranquil community now buried in din of rumors, as money laundering charges are lodged against three of its rabbis.
with Larry Cohler-Esses 0 commentsA new exhibit showcases almost 100 postcards and photographs of the Western Wall, some dating back to 1895.
with Rukhl Schaechter 0 commentsPunk rock's most revered founders include a yeshiva alum named Tamas Erdelyi and a Bronx Jew known as Richard Blum - or, Tommy Ramone and Handsome Dick Manitoba.
with Judy Berman 0 commentsJewish community debates how far to go in dialogue with Islamic groups, as sides trade barbs and criticism.
with Nathan Guttman 0 commentsAt the end of World War I, Einstein declared himself a human being, a Jew, an opponent of nationalism and a Zionist.
with Glenn C. Altschuler 0 commentsA new exhibit in Munich looks at the German Jews who fled to the New York neighborhood of Washington Heights.
with A.J. Goldmann 0 commentsTel Aviv museum drops 'Diaspora' from its name in favor 'the Jewish People,' to avoid pejorative and chauvenistic association.
with Nathan Jeffay 0 commentsBritish Court rules Jewish schools are guilty of racial discrimination if they reject children on the grounds of their parentage.
with John Jeffay 0 commentsBoth NYC baseball stadiums now offer plenty of kosher food, but quality and quantity don't always match.
with Jeff Weinstein 0 commentsJewish activists expand 'neo-shtetl' to third home, pioneering movement of non-denominational urban community.
with Nathan Burstein 0 commentsOnly 6% of Jewish Israeli consider Obama's views pro-Israel; pollster: Bush perceived as greater friend.
with Nathan Jeffay 0 commentsVeterans, widowers, parents, the elderly and the sick - messages released by court illustrate that many of Madoff's clients were just ordinary Americans.
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