Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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News For Chabad, Global Reach Means Global Risks
On November 23, Chabad emissaries from around the world gathered in joy on the New York City waterfront for a banquet celebrating Chabad’s extensive Jewish outreach to every corner of the globe. A week and a half later, on December 2, members of Chabad gathered once more, this time in sorrow, at the Mount of…
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News Steinhardt Ally To Head Birthright
One of the most prominent Jewish organizations has announced that it is replacing its current executive with the ally of one of its signature donors. The Birthright Israel Foundation, which raises private donations to support free trips to Israel for young Jews, announced that Robert Aronson would assume its helm at the beginning of 2009….
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News With Meat in Short Supply, Anxiety Abounds at Kosher Convention
Secaucus, N.J. — At first glance, the crowded exhibition hall of Kosherfest 2008 seemed to have everything a kosher consumer could want, from candy to blintzes to Jewish-themed toilet covers. But perhaps the most notable item at this year’s annual kosher food industry trade show was one that, on closer inspection, was distinctly lacking —…
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News Seminary Heads Join Rare Event
Stamford, Conn. — With the rhetoric of national unity still hanging in the postelection air, the leaders of the flagship seminaries of the three largest Jewish movements met in a rare joint appearance. Sitting before a packed house at Temple Beth El here in Connecticut, Arnold Eisen, Jewish Theological Seminary chancellor; Rabbi David Ellenson, president…
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Culture Not-for-Profits Brace for Trouble
Every morning for the past month, Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi has arisen at 5 to check the Asian markets. Every day, she scrutinizes the fluctuations in the financial world and reads up on the latest business news, trying to gauge which way stocks are heading and what the fallout will be. Mizrahi does this not because…
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News Advocacy Groups Ready for Domestic Push
Barack Obama will move forward with his domestic agenda with the son of a former Israeli resistance fighter as his first appointment and second-in-command. Rahm Emanuel, a Jewish congressman from Chicago and former Clinton White House staffer, accepted the post, which will put him in charge of implementing Obama’s policies. That will make him the…
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Fast Forward Coming Out on Election Day
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Wearing a “Pennsylvania for Obama” button on his left lapel, a Hebrew “Barack Obama ‘08” button on his right lapel, and a broad grin on his face, Burt Siegel looked like a liberated man. “I decided if I’m going to come out of the closet for Obama, I’m going to do it…
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News From Sarah Palin to the Schlep, This Race Featured Unusual Drama
Observers and participants from all points on the political spectrum agree that the 2008 presidential election has focused, to an unusual degree, on Jewish issues and Jewish voters. “The intensity of the interest in the Jewish vote started much earlier and is more intense in the larger press,” said Ira Forman, executive director of the…
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