Tag: American Jewish World

AJW Editor and Publisher Mordecai Specktor is in Israel this week and today he toured the Yemin Orde Youth Village, ...

Jewish groups ride roller-coaster week of Supreme Court rulings

U.S. Supreme Court issues ‘critical decisions’ on affirmative action, voting rights and gay marriage By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — ...

'Hannah Arendt' opens Friday in Edina

The new portrait of the philosopher shows that a contest of the mind can be just as intense and vicious ...

A simcha celebration with a view

May 24, 2020

By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor Jewish families seeking a distinctive and surprisingly affordable venue for a Bar ...

Hebrew immersion for kids

The Afikim program will provide Hebrew-immersion afterschool care for kindergarten and first-grade students By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News ...

Rabbinic court excommunicates AER officials

AJW Staff Report A beit din, rabbinic court, in Brooklyn, N.Y., has issued a decree of excommunication for the executives ...

Editorial: Does this make you feel safer?

The recent revelations about the surveillance of nearly everyone’s electronic communications by the National Security Agency (NSA) have been a ...

Cantors to gather in Twin Cities

The 2013 conference of American cantors and temple musicians will end with a July 2 concert at Bet Shalom Congregation ...

Fiction inspired by the U.N.