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 than 500 rabbis and cantors urged the Boy Scouts of America to drop its ban on homosexual members when the youth group’s National Council convenes in Dallas this week.
A collage of Izzy Lieberman’s sons at 7 attests to his scars, but also to his mother’s unquenchable devotion to find him after he was presumed dead more than a decade earlier..
Jewish groups are joining the effort to help those displaced by the tornado in suburban Oklahoma City.
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.
This past week, the Belzer rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, married off his grandson, 18-year-old Shalom Rokeach, to Hannah Batya Pennet in front of a crowd of over 25,000 Hasidim. The nuptials are one of the largest weddings in recent history. Not quite as large as the 30,000 who attended the marriage of the rebbe’s… More ▸
Tap into the locavore movement by spending a day — or a week — at a center promoting Jewish sustainability, organic farming methods and spiritualism. More ▸
One translator of Yiddish takes to the internet to crowdsource funds for his new translation project. More ▸
With the election of Eric Garcetti to mayor of L.A., three of the largest cities in the U.S. now have Jewish mayors. More ▸
With a video aimed at the middle-class, Anthony Weiner 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 ▸
Jacob Ostreicher, a haredi Orthodox father of five who has been under house arrest for nearly two years in Bolivia, does not believe he will ever be free and is despondent, his wife says. More ▸
Two students who were extensively involved with Hillel fear for the future of the Jewish community if the campus organization fails to make political pluralism a priority. More ▸
A collage of Izzy Lieberman’s sons at 7 attests to his scars, but also to his mother’s unquenchable devotion to find him after he was presumed dead more than a decade earlier.. More ▸
Jews marry later than Americans from other faiths, which is one reason why the American Jewish intermarriage rate is so high. Plus, there are those gentiles who want to marry Jews. 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 ▸
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