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July 28, 2008

Aroma, the Israeli coffee shop chain, recently opened a new store in Jerusalem’s historic open-air market. Does the influx of trendy cafes signal the beginning of the end for Mahane Yehudah, the historic market that has survived terrorist attacks, recessions and the birth of the Israeli supermarket? Ha’aretz reports.

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On the heels of Sunday’s interfaith rally in Postville, the National Council of Young Israel has announced it is planning a mission of its own to the beleaguered Iowa town on July 31. Here’s the purpose of the trip, which will involve “several dozen Jewish community and rabbinic leaders,” according to NCYI’s Pesach Lerner: This […]

Several Jewish-related items appeared over the weekend in The New York Times: Former workers at Agriprocessors, the nation’s largest kosher meat plant, detailed alleged abuses at the Postville, Iowa plant. Sunday saw competing rallies between activists protesting working conditions at the plant and activists opposed to illegal immigration. Gaza is getting its first museum of […]

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