admin | January 9, 2020
If ever there were a Gen X Jewish woman writer who made meaning out of the intimate details and dark forces that wreaked havoc on her life, it was Elizabeth Wurtzel. The author of Prozac Nation and More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction, Wurtzel died, far too young, on Tuesday from metastatic breast cancer; she was just 52.
admin | January 9, 2020
There is a tendency among certain high-minded journalists to believe that when all sides take issue with their work, they must be doing something right. If no one is satisfied, the reasoning goes, then the piece must be onto something.
admin | January 9, 2020
In publishing The Secrets of Jewish Genius, anopinion pieceby regular columnist Bret Stephens, The New York Times demonstrated its commitment to free speech, at least for its stable of elite writers. That commitment means tolerating even the expression of extreme opinions that lack any solid foundation in reality
admin | January 9, 2020
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL The scene: A classroom in a building next to Jerusalems Great Synagogue. About twenty women in headscarves and wigs sit poring over texts. One, in the back row, is nursing an infant under a cover
admin | January 9, 2020
JERUSALEM (JTA) What does one wear to the worlds first womens Siyum HaShas?
admin | January 9, 2020
Every day for 7 1/2 years, Jews around the world partake in Daf Yomi reading a page of the Talmud daily. Then, when theyre finished, they attend a siyum, which honors the completion of the learning. In 2012, more than 90,000 Jews gathered at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to hold a siyum organized by Agudath Israel of America
admin | January 9, 2020
advertisement The Jerusalem Convention Center lobby on Sunday looked like a strange combination of excursion and high school reunion. The room was filled with high school and religious college girls wearing hoodies and padded backpacks next to older women who looked excited. The age range was wide, as was the choice of headgear, skirt lengths and pants
admin | January 9, 2020
Would the United States government have been within its legal rights to assassinate Osama bin Laden if it had possessed intelligence that bin Laden intended to launch strikes against U.S. targets in the Middle East, or near Washington, D.C., and New York? In November 1990, the FBI raided the New Jersey home of suspected Meir Kahane assassin El Sayyid Nosair an early known al-Qaida associate during which the Feds discovered evidence al-Qaida had plans to blow up New York City skyscrapers.
admin | January 9, 2020
CINEMATTERS: N.Y. SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL Isaac Zablocki, who heads the already impressive film program at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, is adding to his cinematic reach with a brand-new festival
admin | January 8, 2020
Did you know there was a Zionist Supreme Court in Jerusalem? Neither did I.
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