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Bagels and Ballots – Thursday
–Rahm Emanuel is still mulling a run in the Chicago mayoral race — one that could make him the city’s first Jewish mayor. He even met with potential opponent Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. to talk about it last night: (Chicago Tribune) -We’re keeping an eye on the three-way race for Florida’s senate seat. A new…
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A-Paws! A-Paws!
A-Paws! A-Paws! for Animated Film Delight ‘My Dog Tulip’ and Its Creators, Paul and Sandra Fierlinger My September 2 interview with Paul Fierlinger, who wrote, directed and animated the new film “My Dog Tulip,” and his wife, “Tulip” co-director and co-writer Sandra Fierlinger, who colored this enchanting movie that is showing at the Film Forum,…
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On the Pulpit, Rabbis Earn More Than Christian Clergy
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church sits near the campus of the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles. The small congregation, with 200 members and a budget of $130,000, is looking for a new pastor, who will be offered a salary and housing stipend worth between $50,000 and $60,000. Such a compensation package would be…
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Eight Months Later, Haiti Struggles as Never Before
It took us several hours to drive from Port-au-Prince to the tiny village of Monwi Mon Ivwa. On rare stretches, the road was flat and paved, occasionally punctuated by a house standing half-finished and empty, a frustrating hint of what could be if Haiti were a normal place. But mostly the road was thick with…
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Cantor Gunning for Another Revolution
Eric Cantor, the lone Jewish Republican in Congress, describes himself as a “minority within a minority.” But now, alongside two fellow congressmen, he is trying to lead a political revolution that will end the days of Republican minority. Known as the Young Guns, Cantor, who is 47, along with Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan and California’s Kevin…
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Grayson Defying Convention in Fla.
One of the highest-profile congressional contests this year is a stark faceoff: a left-wing Jew versus a right-wing Christian. As many Democratic candidates from swing congressional districts move to the center — or even further right — this year, the campaign of Rep. Alan Grayson of Florida promises to challenge the Democratic Party’s predominant strategy…
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Obesity Plagues Some Jewish Schools
Maureen Benjamins is a senior epidemiologist at the Sinai Urban Health Institute, located in Chicago, and a few years ago she decided to survey the health of more than 200 Jews attending Talmud Torah day schools in two Chicago suburbs. The results were not what she expected: The obesity rate among Jewish day school children…
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Conversions by Israeli Military Called Into Question by Israeli State Attorney
In the latest episode in the saga of Israel’s converts, the state is questioning the legitimacy of every conversion performed under the auspices of the country’s military. For more than three decades, the Israel Defense Forces has offered conversion to soldiers who are not Jewish, but are descendants of Jews — and are therefore entitled…
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Prospect of Large Israeli Gas and Oil Fields Sparks Furor Over Dividing Profits
News that Israel might be home to an oilfield of its own created great excitement in the Jewish state this summer. But growing concern among citizens about who stands to benefit from the country’s natural resources has cast a shadow over that late August discovery. That’s because the state will see less than one-quarter of…
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Fish(y) Forms
The High Holy Days might incline most Jews to think of fish as a traditional food served on deli trays after Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services. But the Jewish Museum?s new exhibition, ?Fish Forms: Lamps by Frank Gehry,? asks us to think more deeply about how fish have influenced the work of one of…
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MitzVote: A Post-Primary Users’ Guide
Want some politics with your bagel and shmear? Now that the last big primary night is over and election season is in full swing, we at the Forward bring you Mitz-Vote, a blog that covers all things Jewish and political. Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman identified several key races that include Jewish candidates or where…
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