By Rachel Marder, JointMedia News Service
• Published April 25, 2012
Rabbi Raphael Shore, the producer of “Israel Inside: How A Small Nation Makes a Big Difference,” denies that his film ignores Israel’s conflicts or encourages viewers to do so. The media does a good enough job of detailing the Israeli-Palestinian...
By Eetta Prince-Gibson, JTA
• Published April 25, 2012
JERUSALEM—The two seventh-grade girls walk together down the hall, their heads touching as they talk excitedly. Dana’s dark auburn hair is pulled back in a ponytail. Waard’s head is covered by a hijab, the traditional Arab headscarf, held with a...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 25, 2012
The photos are both simple and stark. There is a Klezmer duo in Buenos Aires, a circumcision in Uzbekistan, a musician at a New York soup kitchen. Set in crisp black-and-white, dozens of scenes captured by Israeli native Zion Ozeri reveal an evocative...
Is it just us, or are some of Missouri’s legislators seeking to make Missouri the most hateful state in the union? In recent months, members of the state legislature have put forward bills that would: • Prevent schools from punishing kids who bully...
By David A.M. Wilensky, JTA
• Published April 25, 2012
NEW YORK—In the eyes of the Zionist Organization of America, the most depraved enemies of the Jewish people are obnoxious college campus loudmouths. As the editor of New Voices, a national magazine by and for Jewish college students, I have a different...
By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO
• Published April 25, 2012
There's no better time to get a feel for various media outlets' perspectives on Israel than just after a major broadcast piece has been aired. The most recent notable example is Bob Simon's report on Sunday's “60 Minutes” installment on CBS. Simon...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published April 25, 2012
The recent political defeat of Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni could be a “positive development” for a possible new unity government in Israel and for the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, according to Gil Hoffman, chief political correspondent...
Free electronics recycling by MERS Goodwill and an American Red Cross Blood Drive will be two of the highlights of Congregation Temple Israel’s Mega Mitzvah Day on Sunday, May 6. The community is invited to participate in a variety of indoor and...
JERUSALEM -- Here are some recent stories from Israel that you may have missed: She should be dancing, yeah A member of Israel's parliament who wanted to get closer to the people by participating in Israel's version of "Dancing with the Stars" will have...
PARIS -- Jewish voters couldn't put incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy over the top in the first round of presidential elections in France. The Socialist Party candidate Francois Hollande eked out a 1.4 percent victory on Sunday over Sarkozy, the center-right...
WASHINGTON -- Murray Koppelman saw women pushed onto the back of a bus in Tehran and had a nightmare about Israel’s future.Koppelman, a well-known philanthropist in New York, is behind a New Israel Fund pledge drive to combat discrimination against...
Grant Fox loves the game of “sporting clays,” a form of clay pigeon shooting often described as “golf with a shotgun.” Son of Karen and Rick Fox of Wildwood, Grant held a sporting clays tournament to benefit Thank Israeli Soldiers (TIS), a non-profit...
