The global chorus is getting louder: Lawmakers and leaders from countries around the globe are calling for a moment of silence at this year’s summer Olympics to remember the 11 Israelis murdered by terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games. One of the most...
SIX DEGREES (NO BACON)/JEWISH CELEBRITY ROUNDUP NEW YORK (6NoBacon) -- Fans of Elmo no doubt were taken aback when a man wearing a costume of the beloved "Sesame Street" character replaced his cute and loving words with anti-Semitic slurs in some of New...
Should religious institutions adapt to changing times or ought they insist on conformance to their traditional practices? It’s a tug of war that has been repeated throughout the ages, with the rope being pulled aggressively to one side or the other....
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 20, 2012
More than 100 people celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Central Agency for Jewish Education (CAJE) at its recent annual meeting last Monday. Guests included current and past officers of the agency, professional staffers, faculty members, community...
By Gavin Rabinowitz, JTA
• Published June 20, 2012
CHISINAU, Moldova -- To tour the largely empty Jewish communities of Moldova and its capital, Chisinau -- once known by Jews the world over as Kishinev -- is not to wonder where did all the Jews go but why there are any remaining. Overgrown cemeteries...
Congregation B’nai Amoona offers a variety of adult education courses throughout the week on an ongoing basis. Classes include: • Sunday Talmud Class — from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. in the Hieken Conference Room, led by Rabbis Barry Friedman and Josef...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 13, 2012
Like many 11 year olds, Yelli Smason is happy, very sociable and loves animals. She is deeply spiritual as well — a fact her father, as a rabbi, is proud to relate.“On Thursday evening, when we’d talk about the upcoming Sabbath we’d say Shabbos...
By Gavin Rabinowitz, JTA
• Published June 10, 2012
OTACI, Moldova -- After just half an hour the little blue tour bus painted with smiling dolphins died with a smell of something burning, leaving Matthew Bronfman stranded next to a muddy field somewhere in rural Moldova. It was a surreal start to what...
Of course I’m on JDate. And yes, I’ve even gone out on quite a few JDates. Some nice, some duds, none for me. I go to Jewish singles events - it’s very important to me that my future husband be not only Jewish but a Jewishly active Jew - but there...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published June 6, 2012
If there is anyone in the St. Louis Jewish community dedicated to those who feel neglected or overlooked, it’s Rabbi James Goodman of Congregation Neve Shalom. For the past three decades, the affable rabbi has helped to spearhead grassroots outreach...
KFAR MENACHEM, Israel – It’s become a mainstay of Saturday nights on the Ben Yehuda Street pedestrian mall in Jerusalem. Between the crowds of Israeli revelers and American teens at the frozen-yogurt shops, a group of Koreans singing hymns vies for...
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The stories – some months or years in the making -- started trickling in last year. Young successful families were showing up desperate. As Bulgaria’s program director for the American Joint Distribution Committee, Julia Dandalova...
