Don’t miss this week’s hottest Jewish News. A terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines flight, a fake Jewish American (Disney) Princess, a fake (maybe?) apology to the Jews from former President Carter, a failed Miss Palestine pageant, health care reform update, Europe’s Israel obsession, and female protesters in talitot at the Western Wall.
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is having its Policy Conference, but it’s more than a ‘love fest.’ The Policy Conference, held from March 21 – 23, 2010, is an opportunity to hear from America and Israel’s political leaders about Iran, the Peace Process, and other critical issues that Israel faces.
There are two things on my mind on this cozy, snowy day. The first is how much I love hot chocolate stirred with candy canes and the second is how my sweet Kayli fared through her first holiday season at a public school.
Chinese on Christmas: It’s what Jews do. But, some Asian restaurants in the Twin Cities didn’t get that memo, and not all of them are open Christmas Eve or Day. A lot, in fact, are not I found out. Here are a few places around town you can get your feast on:
If you’re not celebrating Christmas with family on Thursday night, you better be at the 501 Club partying it up with the Jews. City Pages put Jewbilee on its A-list of this week’s best events for another year in a row, and as always, there’s good reason for it.
Israeli folk trio HaBanot Nechama comes to Adath Jeshurun on January 14th. Don’t miss your chance to win a free pair of tickets.
Is it racism for a humor columnist to poke fun at Jews? Or just poor taste? The debate over Garrison Keillor’s comments about those “lousy holiday songs by Jewish guys that trash up the malls every year.”
In this installment of the Jew-Date Diaries, Amy learns that curiosity sometimes kills the cat. Especially when it comes to Jdate.
Debating the merits of Hanukkah versus Christmas goes back for generations. In this holiday sound-off, we’ll look at the music, traditions, forced family interaction, and even the national uproar regarding retail signage.
Dear Shuli: I’m wondering how big of a faux pas it is to let my daughter wear her Christmas shirts to her Jewish daycare?