By Sarah Cohen, John Burroughs High School
• Published March 19, 2012
The social lives of both Jewish and non-Jewish seventh graders expand tremendously as they are invited to classmates’ bar and bat mitzvahs. However, recently these students’ social calendars have begun to overflow as their non-Jewish classmates throw...
NEW YORK -- Michael Rosenzweig still step down this summer as president and CEO of the National Museum of Jewish History. Rosenzweig, who has led the Philadelphia museum since April 2009, will be succeeded by Ivy Barsky, according to a news release....
NEW YORK -- IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz called the success of the Iron Dome system in intercepting incoming missiles from Gaza a “serious and historical military change.” Speaking Tuesday night in the Israeli city of Ashdod via satellite to the...
A 22-year-old resident of a Chasidic enclave in New York pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the Purim eve arson of a dissident neighbor's car. Aron Fromowitz of New Square pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Ramapo Town Court to setting fire to a car...
NEW YORK -- Leading Jewish organizations came together to discuss the future of Israel education for North American pre-college students. Some 80 groups gathered last week in New York for a meeting called iThink convened by the iCenter, a Chicago-based...
Hadassah marked its centennial anniversary with a Shabbat service and rededication ceremony. The service and ceremony on Feb. 24 was held at Temple Emanu-El in New York 100 years to the day since Henrietta Szold and a small group of women founded Hadassah,...
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers in Indiana passed legislation that would bar companies doing business in Iran from receiving state contracts. The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed the legislation on Feb. 21 by a vote of 95-0 after the Senate...
NEW YORK -- The popular Jewish animation outfit G-dcast is launching an artists' residency program in San Francisco. The residency, to be held at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in August, will bring together six animators and six storytellers to adapt...
By Nancy Fowler, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 15, 2012
With a long-running off-Broadway show called "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother," you can imagine that for comedian Judy Gold, family is a wellspring of opportunity. "My mother is so annoying, but I have to call her every day so I can get some material,"...
By Jake Weisman, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published February 8, 2012
Israel is constantly in the news, frequently brought up in political discussion, and often discussed among Jewish teens as a vacation hotspot. But now, Israel has gained recognition for the vast output of jazz musicians in recent years."[I think that]...
The Jewish owner of a real estate company in New York is donating his $50,000 winnings in a Super Bowl bet to charity. Jona Rechnitz, 29, of New York, had wagered $1,000 on Super Sunday at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas that the New York Giants would...
Four people were charged with hate crimes in an assault on a Jewish man in New York State. The 19-year-old victim was hit on the head with an unsheathed knife Monday in Monsey after his attackers demanded money. The victim screamed, causing the attackers...
