Jewish-American gymnast Aly Raisman expressed her support for a moment of silence at the Olympics for the Israelis killed at the 1972 Munich Games. Raisman was speaking to reporters Tuesday following her gold medal performance in the floor exercise. “Having...
JERUSALEM -- An ancient Judean shekel coin was sold at auction for $1.1 million. The coin, the first silver shekel struck in Jerusalem by Jewish forces rebelling against the Romans in the first century, was purchased by an unidentified private collector...
An arson attack last year on cars in a predominately Jewish neighborhood of New York reportedly is being investigated as an insurance scam instead of a hate crime. The attack on Nov. 11, the day after Kristallnacht commemorations, included the spray-painting...
By Cliff Froehlich, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 8, 2011
Journalist and polymath Ruth Gruber is likely unknown to many, but her life was so absurdly overstuffed with momentous events that the biographical documentary "Ahead of Time" covers a mere third of her 99 years, ending its chronicle in 1947. A proto-feminist,...
