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.
Tap into the locavore movement by spending a day — or a week — at a center promoting Jewish sustainability, organic farming methods and spiritualism. More ▸
Websites for grassroots fundraising have begun to change the way we fund lots of projects. Recently, 6noBacon favorite Zach Braff used Kickstarter to fund a movie free from the oversight of Hollywood studios. Now the site is being used for the resuscitation of Yiddish Literature. Translator Michael Wex, using a similar service, Indiegogo, is attempting to… More ▸
OK, not really. But with the election of councilman Eric Garcetti to the position of Los Angeles mayor, the three most populated cities in America will soon have Jewish mayors. Michael Bloomberg has been mayor of New York City for 12 years. Rahm Emanuel, after finishing up his service as Obama’s Chief of Staff, has… 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 ▸
On Monday, 30 young, left-wing Diaspora Jews interrupted a speech by right-wing Israeli Finance 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 ▸
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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