Tag: Mordecai Specktor

Jews in France did not have a good year, in 2014. And 2015 is shaping up to be much worse. ...

 The Israeli illustrator couldn’t draw very well, so he began making portraits out of assorted objects and found his unique ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR A lawsuit alleging that Hebrew National hot dogs were not made from “100% kosher beef” as advertised ...

Two weeks ago, protesters gathered in south Minneapolis, outside of the Burger King at 34th Street and Nicollet Avenue. The ...

Yoni Bloch is a well-known Israeli musician, and he’s also making it big in interactive digital technology By MORDECAI SPECKTOR ...

Sharon Abraham-Weiss, executive director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), visited the American Jewish World offices last ...

Bill Savran is promoting his photos from Dinkytown and the historic preservation movement By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The “Dinkytown Reunion,” a ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Rabbi Marc Liebhaber began writing a column in the American Jewish World around 40 years ago. The ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Trumpeter and bandleader Herb Alpert shot to worldwide fame with the 1962 song “The Lonely Bull.” The ...

This week, Jews everywhere are observing the festival of Sukkot. We are commanded to live in little huts. The sukka’s ...