What would an attack on Israel look like? (video)
A video called "The Last Day" that imagines what a future attack on Israel might look like is going viral, with more than 100,000 views since it was uploaded 10 days ago. Read more »
Bris competition: How many foreskins ya got?
Back in August, we ran a news item about a mohel in Ukraine who performed his 4,500th circumcision. According to Chabad, which was the source for the story, the mohel, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Yaacov Gaissinovitch, performed 22 in a single day at a Jewish summer camp in Dnepropetrovsk (on Jewish boys who had never been circumcised as infants). Read more »
Orthodox Union has found solution to Orthodoxy’s problems: Houston
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, the Orthodox Union is working with some prominent Modern Orthodox Jews in Houston to promote America’s fourth-largest city as a more affordable, pleasant and viable alternative to life in the dense Orthodox Jewish communities of New York. Read more »
Birthright, in the eyes of Israeli satirists
This season of "Eretz Nehederet," Israel’s version of "Saturday Night Live," features a running parody of a Birthright trip to Israel that mocks American Jews for their enthusiasm and naivite (and obesity and JAPpiness, of course) and Israelis for their gold-digging and trigger fingers. Chuckle along: Read more »
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Updated 02/08/12 @ 07:24PM EST
- A bipartisan slate of U.S. senators will present a resolution calling on the Obama administration to make a "nuclear-weapons capability" by Iran a red line.
- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and top U.S. security officials told Jewish community leaders there is no imminent threat of an attack on Jewish targets in the United States.
- A pro-Palestinian Presbyterian church affiliate pulled down its Facebook page after Jewish groups complained about offensive postings.
- The Jewish Federations of North America commended the Obama administration for maintaining the deductibility rate of charitable donations.
- Jewish groups split on their response to a federal appeals court ruling that allows same-sex couples to marry in California.
- Senators to urge Obama to make Iranian ‘capability’ a red line
- Napolitano to Jewish leaders: No imminent threat
- Pro-Palestinian Presbyterians close Facebook page after complaints
- JFNA lauds Obama on charitable deduction backtrack
- Jewish groups offer mixed response on same-sex marriage ruling
- Calls grow in Congress to reconsider Egypt aid
- For traditional musicians, alternatives to the Friday night concert abound
- Israel grants Bedouin community its first solar field license
