http://www.jta.org/news/ en zsilberman@washingtonjewishweek.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-09T22:54:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/09/3091596/oprah-in-jewish-wonderland http://www.jta.org/site/oprah-in-jewish-wonderland/#When:14:53:00Z Oprah’s visit to the Chasidic community—and a recent interview with Chabad—marks a potential high point for Oprah in Jewish communal relations. 2012-02-09T14:53:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/08/3091583/jewish-wisdom-from-jack-lemmons-last-tv-movie http://www.jta.org/site/jewish-wisdom-from-jack-lemmons-last-tv-movie/#When:19:51:01Z One of Lemmon’s last roles was “Tuesdays With Morrie,” a made-for-TV movie adapted from sports journalist Mitch Albom’s book about a dying Jewish mentor. 2012-02-08T19:51:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/04/3091514/kosher-jesus-again http://www.jta.org/site/kosher-jesus-again/#When:23:29:00Z In 1925, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise caused a maelstrom with a sermon about Jesus, based on what sounds like a Hebrew-language predecessor to Kosher Jesus. 2012-02-04T23:29:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/telegraph/article/2012/02/03/3091502/watch-the-superbowl-halftime-show-of-cultural-misappropriation-online http://www.jta.org/site/watch-the-superbowl-halftime-show-of-cultural-misappropriation-online/#When:15:38:04Z Why in ANY god’s name did scandal-ridden Atlanta megachurch bishop Eddie Long get wrapped in a Torah scroll? And did that guy just say Auschwitz and “Birkendol”? 2012-02-03T15:38:04-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/03/3091497/archive-helps-genealogy-blogger-id-world-fair-child-violin-prodigy http://www.jta.org/site/archive-helps-genealogy-blogger-id-world-fair-child-violin-prodigy/#When:08:15:00Z Leonard Grossman offers a first person account of how the archive helped him solved a genealogy quandary. 2012-02-03T08:15:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/03/3091496/superbowl-halftime-show-of-cultural-misappropriation http://www.jta.org/site/superbowl-halftime-show-of-cultural-misappropriation/#When:05:00:02Z Ralph Messer’s latest shtick—a veritable Superbowl halftime show of cultural misappropriation—has angered the Atlanta Jewish community. 2012-02-03T05:00:02-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/02/3091489/poisoned-jaffa-oranges http://www.jta.org/site/poisoned-jaffa-oranges/#When:18:48:01Z On Feb. 2, 1978, JTA reported that Palestinian terrorists had poisoned Jaffa oranges. 2012-02-02T18:48:01-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/02/01/3091472/planned-parenthood-controversy http://www.jta.org/site/planned-parenthood-controversy/#When:03:50:00Z In 1923, a Bronx rabbi resigned so that the founder of Planned Parenthood could speak. 2012-02-02T03:50:00-05:00 http://blogs.jta.org/archive/article/2012/01/31/3091454/1948-jta-jerusalem-office-bombed http://www.jta.org/site/1948-jta-jerusalem-office-bombed/#When:04:11:00Z On Feb. 1, 1948, the office of the Palestine Post and the JTA were rocked by an explosion on Ha-Solel street. 2012-02-01T04:11:00-05:00