Rabbis Latz and Allen Spend Chanukkah at the White House: Holy Moses!
Rabbi Latz of Shir Tikvah and Rabbi Allen of Beth Jacob were among many rabbis across the country who were invited to celebrate Chanukkah with the Obamas at the White House.
To Be a Jew During Election Time
How does our identity as a Jew influence our politics? Is it possible to separate our Jewishness from our political attitudes? A week away from the election Sarah Brammer-Shlay examines the answers.
What the Bleep? This week's Hot News
Don’t miss these stories on: the new Jew on the Sup Court, Black jokes about Jews, Jewish punk rock (video), TTSP, more on Obama & Netanyahu, the #ish, and more.
Shavua Tov: This Week's Hot Jewish News
Franken sticks it to the U.S. Supreme Court, Facebook gets an Afikoman app, Terror List drops Hamas, Ellison McCollum and Oberstar talk Gaza, Jews respond to Obama’s state of the Union, and more.
Sexy Hanukkah Music, Gilad Shalit, & a Focus on the Family Boycott: this week’s Shavua Tov
Don’t miss this week’s hottest Jewish news. Prez. Obama selects an Anti-Semitism envoy, a deal is brokered for kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Focus on the Family repulses us all with its newest boycott, a new movie on God opens at the Lagoon (we have the trailer), and we give you the sexiest Hanukkah song you’ll ever hear (with a free download). Shavua Tov. Hope you all have an awesome week.
Iran nominates internationally wanted terrorist for defense minister
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 240 innocent Argentinian civilians, Iran’s “re-elected” President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has nominated the man for Defense Minister.
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 honor. Among the honorees was Mary Robinson, the first female President of Ireland and a former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. During her […]
