Homeless Holocaust survivor leaves Hebrew University $100,000
In a story of Tzedakah that makes you weep, AP reports that a Holocaust survivor who passed away this week in New York at the age of 92 bequeathed $100,000 […]
Kassam rockets and mortar shells fire on Israel
Hamas terrorists* in Gaza have fired thousands of Kassam rockets at Israeli towns and cities since 2001. Sometimes they hit their mark and kill or wound Israeli civilians. Sometimes they […]
Anger over Obama’s pick for the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama recently released the sixteen names of the”agents of change” in politics, science, art, medicine, and sports deserving of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian […]
Listening to the Black Eyed Peas say “L’Chaim”
If you had a few “L’Chaims” this weekend while dancing in the clubs of downtown Minneapolis, I’m sure your DJs played the song “I got a feeling” by the Black […]
Rush Limbaugh compares Democrats to Nazis
I’m not anywhere near what one would call a regular Rush Limbaugh listener, so I, probably like many of you, missed his program this week calling the Democratic leadership Nazis […]
Subway at the J: sandwich shop is the largest Kosher U.S. restaurant chain
The largest kosher U.S. restaurant chain is quite a shocker. Subway, the “Eat Fresh” sandwich chain with 22,000 non-kosher stores around the country, is at the top of the list […]
Russian Jews in Israel hold illegal marriage ceremony
Here in Minnesota, we think dancing to hip hop during a wedding processional is sensational and shocking, and the rest of the country joined us in alternatively laughing and aplauding […]
Your vote: the most important Jews in American history
The National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia has announced an elaborate poll on their website to determine the identity of 18 of the most important and remarkable Jews […]
Official statements on this weekend’s deadly attack on gay teenagers in Tel Aviv
With three gay teenagers dead in a horrific and homophobic attack this weekend at a gay support center in Tel Aviv, Israel, spokespersons in the Jewish and gay communities around […]
Happy Tu B’Av, the Jewish Love Day
Last night was the start of the Jewish holiday Tu B’Av (bet you’ve never heard of that one). Unlike the holidays coming up in the next two months, which involve a lot of time in synagogue, or fasting, or sitting outside in the cold Minnesota October in straw huts, this one is all about summer lovin’.