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 ...
Tag: Mordecai Specktor
Shootings at Ft. Hood and Seattle
President Obama told some 15,000 people gathered for a memorial service at the Ft. Hood army base on Tuesday that ...
Rep. Betty McCollum raps Israeli ambassador for being no-show at J Street's first national conference
Minnesotans attend J Street gathering in Washington, D.C. J Street, the new kid on the American pro-Israel advocacy block, recently ...
Balloon boy, climate change and ‘renegade Jews’
As this issue of the Jewish World goes to press, the Larimer County district attorney in Colorado is still pondering ...
Remembrance: Rabbi Max A. Shapiro, Temple Israel’s spiritual leader for three decades and a force for social uplift and interfaith understanding
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The prelude and recessional music at the Oct. 20 funeral service of Rabbi Max A. Shapiro was ...
Critic: ‘A Serious Man’ seriously underachieves in Jewish authenticity, box office receipts
Writing in Haaretz, Uzi Silber says that the new Coen brothers film is tone deaf in the Jewish department, and ...
Mets owners made $48 million with Madoff investment
Bernard Madoff (Photo: U.S. Department of Justice) The sports and financial worlds are abuzz with news that the New York ...
Rabbi intervenes on behalf of Israeli coach ejected in NY Knicks-Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv game
The New York Times sports story began: "So a basketball coach, an N.B.A. referee and a rabbi walk onto the court at ...
Missing Ruth
With psalms and prayers, the fine nets our people have woven, we will recapture our dreams. —from “Wingless,” by Ruth ...
In the beginning were Hebrew letters
Joe Vass employs the letters of the Hebrew alphabet for his new musical show at the St. Paul JCC By ...
