The Maccabees notched a 102-83 victory Saturday night over Penn State Harrisburg for Y.U.’s 29th straight win. The team is 29-1 this season.
Back in high school, I happily attended Jewish day school, spent summers at a Jewish camp, went on a group Israel trip and took part in a few youth group events. So it was a strange feeling I experienced over President’s Day weekend when I found myself looking back and suddenly feeling Jewishly deprived.
Maybe now that Bernie Sanders has become the first Jewish candidate to win a presidential primary he’ll start getting the Joe Lieberman treatment.
Last week was a big one for Daryl Messinger. A resident of Palo Alto, California, and an active board member of several organizations, Messinger was installed as chair of the Union for Reform Judaism, becoming the first woman to hold that post. And she chanted Torah for the first time — in front of 5,000 worshippers at Shabbat morning services. Following the movement’s biennial here, Messinger answered a few questions via email.
(JTA) – When I first saw the headline — “Jack the Ripper identified through DNA traces: sleuth” — I joked to myself: Don’t let it be a Jew.
There were ballerinas, a full dance ensemble, soloists, a harpist, a video tribute to Jewish luminaries in multiple fields, a multimedia orchestra performance celebrating the enduring light of creation, a speech from the prime minister, stand-up from Jay Leno, and an audience packed with top Jewish communal movers and shakers from both sides of the Atlantic.
Depending on where you stand, the rejection of J Street highlights the dovish group’s missteps or the shortcomings of the Presidents Conference as a Jewish umbrella organization.
The Forward opened a big screen Pandora’s Box with our story about Jews playing non-Jews. Ami Eden gets all in a tizzy about 3 ‘outrageous omissions’ from the list.
Many eulogies will attempt to capture the magnitude of the loss suffered with the death of Edgar Bronfman. What you need to know: He was a prince of his people.
Forward contributor Raphael Mostel had a tidbit for the NYT’s Metropolitan Diary about the opening of the Museum of the City of New York exhibition celebrating our 110th anniversary.