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 ...
Tag: Mordecai Specktor
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 ...
Neal Karlen pounces on the Coen brothers, and they have a friendly chat
Local journalist and author Neal Karlen writes in the Washinton Post about the mysteriously fertile ground of St. Louis Park ...
SurPrize! President Obama wins Nobel for peace
While mulling over plans to expand the U.S. role in the Afghanistan war, President Barack Obama woke up today to ...
