What Will We Talk About? The Conventions and the State of American Politics
by Rabbi Gerald Skolnik Special to the Jewish Week Let’s see… the Olympics are over. The political conventions are over. Other than what sounds like endless hurricanes making their way towards the...
View ArticleTu b’Shvat And A Planet In Peril
Tue, 01/26/2010It’s become almost a cliché: every year progressive Jewish groups use the festival of Tu b’Shvat, which falls on Saturdy, to make the point that Jewish law and tradition demand concern...
View ArticleDowntown: A Tale Of Redemption
by Robert Goldblum Managing Editor In a high-lonesome twang right out of the piney woods of the Ozarks, rock and roll Americanist Levon Helm sings of “a sorrow in the wind / blowin’ down the road I’ve...
View ArticleDowntown: A Tale Of Redemption
by Robert Goldblum Managing Editor In a high-lonesome twang right out of the piney woods of the Ozarks, rock and roll Americanist Levon Helm sings of “a sorrow in the wind / blowin’ down the road I’ve...
View ArticleDrill, Baby, Drill: The (barely audible) Jewish response
The Reform movement, which really wants to like President Barack Obama even while some other Jewish segments bash him because of the diplomatic chill with Israel, isn't exactly happy with his newly...
View ArticleCan Palin Win Over Jews?
Sharon Udasin Staff Writer Could Obama’s growing problems with the community translate into popularity for our least-favorite Sarah? Despite a new website, most experts say no.If you believe the...
View ArticleTexas Gov. Perry: Gulf oil spill could be 'act of God.'
Can you believe this guy?According to Politico, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, is now arguing that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill may have been an “act of God.”read more
View ArticleMissed Signals, And How
Abigail Pickus Special To The Jewish Week ‘How was your tour of the Old City?” I asked my friend who traveled all the way from Chicago to visit me.“Oh, Abigail,” she said, her eyes gleaming, “I met...
View ArticleA Critique Of Rabbi Eric Yoffie
Ed Case of InterfaithFamily.com has an interesting perspective on the legacy of the Union for Reform Judaism’sread more
View ArticleRebuilding Community In The West
by Amy Klein JTA Tue, 12/08/2009Scottsdale, Ariz. — Jean and Arnold Palestine are glad to be back home — an attached condo unit overlooking the craggy red mountains of the Arizona desert.Having just...
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