E.B. Solomont
By E.B. Solomont
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News Sandra Feldman, Teachers’ Advocate
Sandra Feldman, longtime advocate for public education and former leader of the national teachers’ union, died Sunday at 65. Colleagues at the American Federation of Teachers, the 1.3 million-member union that Feldman led from 1997 to 2004, cited cancer as the cause. “Sandy’s death is a great loss for the AFT personally and professionally, and…
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Israel News News-hungry Inmate Takes Prison to Court
In the world of news, last week’s headlines are old hat — as anyone who has received a late paper can attest. But some can handle the aggravation better than others. One newspaper reader, a former inmate of the federal prison at Fort Dix, N.J., was so frustrated by his papers’ consistent lateness, he was…
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News Utah Station Pulls Plug on Radio Rabbi
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is claiming that a radio station in Utah abruptly canceled his national talk show after he invited Hurricane Katrina evacuees to settle in the state and to attend a Salt Lake City speaking engagement of his slated for this week. Boteach, best known for his book “Kosher Sex,” claims that higher ups…
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News Filmmaker Sues Philanthropist Over Documentary
A documentary heralding the achievements of famous Jews has triggered a bitter legal fight between the filmmaker and the philanthropist behind the project. Filmmaker Gil Baker is suing developer and money manager Robert I. Lappin and his philanthropic foundation, claiming that he has not been paid for his work on “Great Jewish Achievers.” Lappin, who…
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Israel News New York Pol’s Ad Is Too Sly for Fox
Brian Ellner, an openly gay candidate for a top New York City office, made news twice in one week: first, when his provocative new advertisement made it on the air, and then when it didn’t. The 30-second ad, first released August 29, features Ellner, a candidate for Manhattan borough president, posed with his partner, Simon…
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News New Air Force Guidelines for Religious Tolerance Slammed by GOP Lawmaker
New U.S. Air Force guidelines for religious tolerance drew praise from some Jewish organizations but are being criticized by a Republican lawmaker. The guidelines, issued Monday, say commanders should try to comply with religious accommodations for all airmen and women, and that senior airmen and women need to be sensitive to the fact that personal…
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Culture Holocaust Program for Teachers Resumes After Hiatus
After being suspended for three years, a summer study program for Holocaust educators resumed last month with a revised itinerary. The Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Teachers Program, initiated by the Jewish Labor Committee in 1984, has been taking teachers to Shoah-related sites in Poland and Israel for two decades. But each summer since 2002, the…
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Israel News So a Soldier Goes into Gaza…
The Gaza disengagement may be among the Jewish world’s most divisive and emotional events in decades, but for late-night TV hosts, it’s proved to be comic gold. Jay Leno, Bill Maher and Conan O’Brien (see below) all wove Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza into their monologues. (“Late Show With David Letterman” — notably absent from the…
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