Eric Cantor, the House of Representatives’ majority leader and only Jewish Republican, has officially been buried. One day after a stunning loss to Tea Party challenger Dave Brat--who...
The Fate of Fruit Trees
by Ilana Sumka
Looking over the rolling hills of the West Bank, the Palestinian man speaking to our Jewish group said: “In our culture, we have...
Uncovering the Silence: A Jewish-German Healing Exchange
My parents were Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivors who fled World War II and ended up in Mexico, where my sister and I were born. They lost most of their families. My mother had only a brother, an uncle and a cousin who survived, while my father only a sister and two cousins.
In the news: In response to new PA government, Israel expands settlements
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Israel announced Thursday the construction of nearly 1,500 housing units in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with a possible 1,800 to follow. The new settlement...
Letter From Cambodia: Rabbi Bentzion Butman’s quest to leave no Jew behind
Two weekends ago, I traveled 40 minutes northwest of Phnom Penh by tuk-tuk, the ubiquitous three-wheeled form of transport in Southeast Asia. I was going to see something strange: Cambodia’s first Jewish cemetery, which was inaugurated in April. The cemetery is the brainchild of Rabbi Bentzion Butman, who has run the Chabad Jewish Centre of Cambodia for the past five years.
For a New Twist on Shavuot, Try this Lox-Bagel-Turned Cheesecake
by Rachel Harkham
More than three thousand years ago, as the story goes, the Israelites received the Torah from God on top of Mt. Sinai. Shavuot,...
Gay Rights and Religious Freedom Take the Stage
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Should a rabbi be forced to give marriage counseling to a same-sex couple?...
A Battle Couched in Belief: ‘Freud’s Last Session’ Reviewed
by Wesley G. Pippert
When I went to watch Freud’s Last Session, I thought I’d see a tell-all session on a couch. Indeed, there was a...
Origins of Mishegas Manual Revealed
by Jay Neugeboren
When the American Psychiatric Association’s newly revised 1,000-page “bible of psychiatry,” The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-V (DSM-V) was published in...
Unlikely melange honored at NY awards gala
by Sarah Breger
Right to left: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Chris Christie and his wife at Sunday's awards night
In a raw speech during an otherwise canned evening,...
Dispatches from the Melting Pot: 5 New Jewish-American Recipes
Recipes by Rachel Harkham
As we found out while coming up with the Top 10 Jewish Foods for May's Jewish-American Heritage Month, embracing our heritage sometimes means embracing...
Darkness at Noon: Revealed in Translation
by Izak Dimenstein
By the irony of fate, Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon, the 1940 book that influenced the outcome of the election in France after World...