Steven Silberfein was raised in a Jewish family on Long Island. Today, known as Sridhar Silberfein, he is the executive producer of the thrice-yearly gathering of yoga enthusiasts known as Bhakti Fest.
Dov Lipman has staked his budding political career on his reputation as a moderate haredi Orthodox leader, someone uniquely positioned to broker compromise between Israel’s increasingly polarized secular and religious communities. The problem is that Israel’s haredi leaders say he’s not actually haredi.
A Chabad center in Oklahoma City opened its building as a shelter for those displaced by a deadly tornado.
England’s Football Association has trained dozens of Israeli activists who hope to re-create what they view as its success in reducing widespread displays of racism, but recent events have some questioning the F.A.’s ability to instruct others in this arena.
With a video aimed at the middle-class, Anthony Wiener announces his official bid for mayor. More ▸
Amid controversy, al-Jazeera removes then reposts Joseph Massad’s Op-Ed that views Zionism as anti-Semitic More ▸
Bennett Gets Interrupted from All That's Left on Vimeo. On Monday, 30 young, left-wing Diaspora Jews interrupted a speech by right-wing Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. The move is reminiscent of an earlier disruption of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s keynote address at the November 2010 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America…. More ▸
There’s a fresh crop of delis putting a twist on traditional Jewish comfort fare. More ▸
At the beginning of May, Rorie Weisberg, an Orthodox woman from Monsey, sued cosmetics giant Lancome claiming her makeup, advertised as 24-hour coverage, did not last the full 24 hours of Shabbat. Some saw Weisberg’s suit as ludicrous or just plain old litigious, but others are seemingly sympathetic. The Orthodox makeup problem is apparently a real one, with… More ▸
Paterson, N.J., raised some Internet hackles in flying the Palestinian flag above its City Hall — perhaps the first U.S. city to do so — but received no official complaints. For Israel, Philly was first in raising the flag in ’48. More ▸
NEW YORK (JTA) – Over the past half century, intermarriage has become increasingly common in the United States among all religions – but among Jews at a higher rate than any other. Why that is the case is one of the questions Naomi Schaefer Riley probes in her new book, “‘Til Faith Do Us Part:… More ▸
The Claims Conference has blamed a now-dead regional director for bungling an early warning about a massive fraud scheme. But a document obtained by JTA shows top officials at the organization launched their own probe that failed to detect the scheme. More ▸
Poland is seen as having the world’s worst record on the restitution of Jewish property lost during the Holocaust, but ramping up pressure is proving to be difficult. More ▸
Steven Silberfein was raised in a Jewish family on Long Island. Today, known as Sridhar Silberfein, he is the executive producer of the thrice-yearly gathering of yoga enthusiasts known as Bhakti Fest. More ▸
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