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Regarding the photo of the pig on the front page of the American Jewish World's Feb. 19 edition
In the spirit of Purim frivolity, the front page of this week's American Jewish World features an article about Jewish chefs...
What’s new in Bulgaria?
Bulgarian Jewry, which was saved in the Shoah then repressed during the Communist era, is enjoying a resurgence By MORDECAI...
Israeli ambassador shouted down at California university talk; police arrest 12 protesters
Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke, or tried to speak, to a raucous crowd on Wednesday night at the University of...
Rep. Michele Bachmann: If America does not support Israel, 'that is the end of the United States'
The Minnesota Independent reports today that Rep. Michele Bachmann, addressing a Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) event in Los Angeles last week, "offered...
Humanistic Judaism leader to speak at Or Emet
Rabbi Miriam Jerris, of the Society for Humanistic Judaism, will offer two talks Feb. 19 and 21 By ERIN ELLIOTT...
Aliya representative to visit Twin Cities
Shirah Ozery, director of the Jewish Agency’s Israel Aliya Center in Chicago, will speak at Bet Shalom and host an...
Howard Zinn, popular Jewish American historian, dies at 87
Howard Zinn, an outspoken historian who influenced generations of leftist political activists, died of a heart attack Wednesday in California....
Gathering in Sweden marks 10 years since the establishment of Holocaust Remembrace Day
Scholars of the Holocaust and genocide history met Jan. 26 in Stockholm, Sweden, to mark the 10th anniversary of the...
Comedian Joel Chasnoff knows about the problem of 'Flying While Jewish'
You probably heard about the tefillin scare yesterday on a US Airways flight from New York to Louisville. Seventeen-year-old Caleb...
Ambassador Samuel Kaplan
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Sam Kaplan, a prominent Minneapolis lawyer and leading DFL activist, enjoys reading the American Jewish World. However,...
