The majority of American Jews support Israel trading land in the West Bank and the Golan Heights for peace, but a similar majority opposes ceding land in East Jerusalem, according to a new poll. The poll, which was commissioned by the J Street Project, a new left-leaning Israel lobbying organization, indicates that American Jews are…
Sydney, Australia – An American-born rabbi who has been hailed as “the greatest Australian Jewish leader of the past century” was buried July 11 on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, who was sent to Australia as the special emissary of the Chabad-Lubavitch rebbe, died July 7 after a long illness….
Follow the smells of jerk chicken, down the dirt road past Boston Beach, where the shifting azure waters hold surfers poised on the edge of a wave. Open the heavy bamboo gate at Jamaica’s Great Huts resort, and behold the colorful mural above the deck, a reproduction from the fifth-century Ma’on synagogue in Israel. This…
Max Gross, by his own admission, used to be your average schlub: He sported an unkempt Jewfro, the bottoms of his jeans were tattered and he’d gamely put a good burger before a diet. In Gross’s first book, “From Schlub to Stud: How To Embrace Your Inner Mensch and Conquer the Big City” (Skyhorse Publishing),…
NEWS ITEM: Time Magazine reports that some Protestant churches oriented toward young adults are urging married couples to have “not just better sex, but more of it.” Pastors point to Genesis, Chapter 2, verse 24, which says a man “shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.” Good pastors have assumed a…
A shell company set up by one of America’s largest Jewish charities, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, is on a list compiled by the Russian State Tax Authority as part of its efforts to root out tax fraud. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Real Estate Company, or AREC, a Cyprus-based commercial holding company…
Tel Aviv — If you’re looking to be the perfect immigrant to Israel, you don’t need to drain swamps or make the desert bloom, but you must look good on camera and know how to charm an international audience that will monitor your every move. Television producer Noam Shalev believes that Westerners arriving in the…
If there is any question as to whether Hispanic Jews are gaining prominence in South Florida, look no further than a local congressional race, where two candidates going head to head in a primarily Hispanic district have ties to both Latin America and the Jewish faith. In the 18th congressional district in Miami-Dade County —…
Washington — Two senior Jewish congressmen are distancing themselves from a resolution calling for tougher sanctions against Iran, arguing that the bill would send an unnecessarily bellicose message to Tehran. Democratic Reps. Robert Wexler of Florida and Barney Frank of Massachusetts pulled their support — Wexler on July 9, and Frank a week earlier —…
As a chef, summer is my favorite time of the year. I do not enjoy the weather so much (read: I hate the heat), but I love the gorgeous, unusual fruits and vegetables in the market. This week I couldn’t wait to schlep home my bounty that included one of my summer favorites – the…
HARLAN COBEN’S BEST-SELLER “TELL NO ONE” NOW A FRENCH FILM THRILLER “All my books have Jewish characters,” award-winning author Harlan Coben said during our chat at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. We were discussing the French movie thriller “Tell No One” (“Ne Le Dis A Personne”). The recently opened film is based on…
