Jews have never considered Norman Mailer one of their own, but in fact he was a deeply religious writer, contends a California professor whose doctoral thesis compared Mailer to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Ryan Braun made history as baseball’s first Jewish Rookie of the Year, but he wasn’t the only Jewish player to distinguish himself on the diamond this season.
The UJC made something of a daring move Monday morning, opening up its only plenary of the day to seven young Jewish innovators and activists – leaders that stray from the typical mold of the federation “leader,” who is much older and much wealthier than those on display this morning. They included a young up […]