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Getting back to the garden
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Everyone can do something to conserve energy resources, according to Alex Cicelsky, a founder of Kibbutz Lotan...
Jews in Postville show support for Rubashkin; some vets are upset about flag motif in yard signs
The online edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette reports that Jews in Postville, Iowa, are showing support for former Agriprocessors...
Jewish education ‘our way’
Sha’arim expands Darkaynu program for young adults with disabilities By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN /Â Community News Editor For young adults with...
A modern exodus story
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR There are more than 100,000 Ethiopian Jews in Israel. They have made aliya from their impoverished African...
JTA: Woman wearing tallit arrested at Western Wall
Jerusalem police arrested a woman praying at the Western Wall for wearing a tallit, according to JTA. The woman, who...
White House 'dismayed' by Israel's planned expansion of neighborhood in East Jerusalem
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs issued a statement on Tuesday expressing official disapproval of plans to build 900 additional units...
Former Agriprocessors manager found guilty on 86 counts
A Sioux Falls, So. Dak., jury returned to the courtroom late Thursday afternoon and found former Agriprocessors manager Sholom M....
Zev Aelony, Civil Rights Movement activist, dies
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Nearly 50 years before the United States elected a Black president, Zev Aelony dedicated himself to the...
JTS chancellor ponders the Jewish future
Arnold Eisen, the new head of the Jewish Theological Seminary, will speak at Adath Jeshurun on Nov. 18, as part...
Anti-torture group will protest Condoleezza Rice appearance at Beth El Synagogue on Sunday
Then-U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is shown with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in August 2008. (Photo: Omar Rashidi/PPO/BPH...
