israel-diaspora

The man behind the spy charges

The day after reporters flocked to a courtroom in downtown Manhattan to catch a glimpse of the 84-year-old New Jersey retiree arrested this week for spying for Israel, reporters converged on the man’s hometown of Monroe, N.J. to talk to friends, neighbors and anyone else willing to spill what they knew of the alleged spy, […]

By Uriel Heilman April 24, 2008 8:12 pm

So you say you’re a Jew … Prove it!

Writing in the New York Times Magazine, Gershom Gorenberg reports on the struggles of American Jews forced to deal with the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. The problem, Gorenberg asserts, is that proving you are Jewish to the Israeli religious establishment has become increasingly difficult – “especially if you came to Israel from the United States.” In […]

March 3, 2008 4:00 pm

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My (Israeli commando) bodyguard

The celebrity gossip Web site TMZ has a video segment on the latest wave of Jews to invade Hollywood: Israeli commandos.

February 27, 2008 9:59 pm

JPOST: It’s not clear if we can all just get along

By Ami Eden February 22, 2008 6:59 pm

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The man behind the spy charges

So you say you’re a Jew … Prove it!

My (Israeli commando) bodyguard

JPOST: It’s not clear if we can all just get along

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