19
Mar
A Vegan Seder?
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By
Gary Smith
This year will be the third year my Jewish vegan friends and I celebrate “veder,” our version of a vegan Passover seder. All of the...
15
Mar
Will Catholic-Jewish Relations Improve Under Pope Francis?
“We have been given arguably the most positive result one could want in terms of Catholic-Jewish relations,” Rabbi Noam Marans, director of interreligious and intergroup...
15
Mar
Muslim Brotherhood: “Women Should be Controlled by Man of the House”
Statements about the role of women from top officials in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood are garnering criticism and shedding a spotlight on an organization that until...
15
Mar
Haggadah 2.0: New Website Makes Passover Story Personal
A California-based start-up is aiming to make the traditional seder Haggadah more relevant by offering users the chance to create a text that incorporates everything...
13
Mar
The View from Istanbul: When Did Hatred Become a Religion?
When did hatred become religion?
By Aylin Kocaman
For some, religious devotion has long been “hatred”. If a Muslim hates Jews, Christians, Zionists and Freemasons, then that...
13
Mar
Einstein and His God
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By
Mandy Katz
At home in Berlin in April 1929, Albert Einstein received an urgent telegram from Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein of New York: “Do you believe in...
13
Mar
Was Einstein a Jewish Saint?
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By
As usual, Albert Einstein hadn’t dressed for the occasion.
Most of the 40 or so young men waiting for him that Friday night in January at...
12
Mar
Female MKs Join Women of the Wall in Jerusalem
Female members of Knesset joined Women of the Wall at their monthly gathering at Jerusalem's Western Wall this morning and used their parliamentary immunity to...
12
Mar
Lunch with an Auschwitz Tour Guide: A Personal Essay
By Arielle Silver
“I used to be a tour guide at Auschwitz,” Timo said, and then rested his fork on the edge of his Panang curry....
08
Mar
Do 1 Rabba, 2 Rabbis and 1 Yeshiva = a New Denomination?
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By
Sarah Breger
As mainstream Orthodoxy moves to the Right,
a liberal faction gains momentum
The audience watches with rapt attention as Sara Hurwitz, a slim woman in a demure...
08
Mar
Israeli Soccer Player and Pianist to Perform in Venezuela
By Ilona Oltuski
Pianist Elisha Abas – Scriabin in the Genes
The ante has just been upped: at the personal request of powerhouse conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, pianist...
08
Mar
Is it Time for Shylock to Retire?
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: A Play For All Time?
By Steve Frank
Every year brings new productions of Shakespeare’s controversial play
“The Merchant of Venice.” Is it time...