Hody Nemes
By Hody Nemes
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News Loretta Weinberg, the Jewish Grandma Who’s Making Chris Christie’s Life Miserable
Long before she ever contemplated the prospect of investigating the governor of New Jersey for corruption, Loretta Weinberg had to face down corruption accusations made against her. The boodle in question was 8 tons of tuna. It was during the mid-1980s, years prior to her running for office, that the tuna disappeared, under fishy circumstances,…
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Israel News Israel Under Fire Over ‘Restrictions’ on Palestinian Academics — But What Is Truth?
In May 2010, Noam Chomsky, the famed linguist and left-wing activist, showed up at Israel’s Allenby Bridge border crossing, seeking to enter the Israeli-occupied West Bank from Jordan. For hours, Israeli border police questioned Chomsky, who was planning to lecture at Birzeit, a Palestinian university near Ramallah. Then they turned him away. Chomsky, a Jew…
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News David Wildstein Is (Jewish) Man in the Middle of Chris Christie’s Bridgegate Scandal
The man at the center of the scandal that threatens to destroy Chris Christie’s White House ambitions is a hardnosed Jewish ex-blogger who drank the Republican Kool-Aid as a teenager and broke into New Jersey journalism writing under the pseudonym “Wally Edge.” Most of all, David Wildstein, who grew up in the same central Jersey…
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Israel News Israel Battle Roils Modern Language Association as Academic Meeting Kicks Off
The debate over Israel in academia has turned to the Modern Language Association, which hosts a controversial panel on academic boycotts of Israel at its annual convention in Chicago starting today. Jewish groups and some MLA members are mounting a response to the session, which will feature panelists largely sympathetic to the boycott, divestment and…
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News Double Murder of Jewish Snowbirds in Florida Condo Unsolved a Year Later
The police tape and news trucks have long since left the quiet streets and manicured lawns of the Venetian Park condo complex in Hallandale Beach, Fla., where Jewish retirees Rochelle Wise and David (Donny) Pichosky lived and died. As the first anniversary of snowbirds’ double-murder looms, neighbors and friends mourned the well-liked couple — and…
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Food Quinoa Ruled Kosher for Passover
Rabbi Shoshan Ghoori meets with South American farmers during quinoa fact-finding mission Jews around the world can breathe a sigh of relief: Quinoa is kosher for Passover. The Orthodox Union (OU), the world’s largest kosher certification agency, announced last week that it would begin certifying the popular food for use during the festival of freedom….
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Israel News Swarthmore Hillel Gets Boost From Controversy Over Israel Critics
On a recent Friday night, members of Swarthmore College’s Hillel community gathered to celebrate Shabbat and reflect on a tumultuous week. With final exams set to begin in the morning, Hillel members in this Pennsylvania college expected a very low turnout. But to their delight, the room in Bond Hall, which houses Swarthmore’s interfaith religious…
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Israel News Brandeis Department Pulls Out of Group That Backs Israel Boycott
A Brandeis University department withdrew its membership in the American Studies Association (ASA) yesterday, after the group’s controversial vote this week to boycott Israeli academic institutions. The Brandeis American Studies department’s decision followed a similar move at Penn State on Tuesday, as reported in the Times of Israel. “We view the recent vote by the…
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