Tag: American Jewish World

President Obama: "May you be inscribed for blessings in the book of life."

'Rosh Hashana's in the house tonight' (video)

Here's a High Holidays video, with the breaking and the shockling bocherim (yeshiva students), from Aish HQ in the Old ...

Kol Nidre film to air on PBS (+ video trailer)

Emmy Award-winning producer and Pace University professor Allen Oren’s 40-minute documentary, 18 Voices Sing Kol Nidre, will be screened 3 ...

Obama asks UN to consider Israel's security

NEW YORK (JTA) —Â President Obama appealed to the United Nations to recognize Israel’s security concerns in considering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Rabbi to speak at St. Thomas luncheon

Rabbi David Wirtschafter will present “Responding to Contradictory Critiques of Contemporary Religion” as part of a lunch and learn program ...

Gilad Hekselman expands jazz guitar horizons

Israeli jazz guitarist Gilad Hekselman's new album, Hearts Wide Open (Le Chant du Monde), is earning rave reviews from prominent ...

My day as a prisoner of Homeland Security

A dark complexion and proximity to two passengers who aroused suspicions on a Denver to Detroit flight result in the ...

George W. Bush event tarnishes Beth El's image

Bush is, at best, a polarizing figure — and many legal experts have compiled detailed cases for bringing the former ...

Editorial: 100 years of the Jewish World