Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted yesterday with multiple corruption charges including fraud, breach of trust, falsifying corporate records, receiving illicit benefits, and tax evasion. This is the […]
When we say “Shavua Tov,” or “good week,” at the end of the Havdalah service on Shabbat, we bid goodbye to last week, and welcome in a new week’s opportunities […]
Sunda Croonquist is half-black, half-Swedish, Roman Catholic by birth and a convert to Judaism. She is also a comedian who – until recently – joked about the craziness of her […]
We are living in the age of social media, Britney Spears, and President Obama. We are defined by Iraq, 9-11, grass-roots organizing, global warming and culture wars. But is our […]
It is hard to say what is weirder – listening to Lady Gaga do a fake orgasm on stage in Tel Aviv or watching her get on her hands and […]
Exactly fifteen years and one month after Ahmad Vahidi and other Iranian terrorists masterminded the destruction of Argentina’s Jewish Community Center in a murderous attack that killed 85 and wounded […]
On September 2nd at 7:00pm, Temple Israel in Minneapolis will host Ann Lewis, the former Senior Advisor to Hillary Clinton, and former Director of Communications and Counselor to President Bill […]
Last week, an eight-year saga involving a sex-crazed and homeless Orthodox Jew in Israel who refused to divorce his wife and thus kept her “chained” to their marriage under Jewish […]
Within the last two months, three money-laundering conspiracies have been exposed, each implicating a handful Orthodox Rabbis, religious Jews, or Israelis. Last week, the Grand Rabbi of Spinka, an ultra-Orthodox […]
Sometimes it is not enough to say a silent prayer at synagogue, or while you are biking around Lake Calhoun, or at home while saying Birkat Hamazon, the blessing over […]