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Tom Cruise Steals The Show
TOM CRUISE HONORED BY MUSEUM OF MOVING IMAGE “Son of a single mother, I sold newspapers at 8 [years old] and had lived in so many cities that I do not have a recognizable accent,” Tom Cruise told the stellar crowd at the November 6 Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Tom Cruise gala. “But…
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Olmert Attempts to Bring Presidential Candidates Into Peace Process
Washington – Looking to the post-Bush era in American politics, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is attempting to enlist leading presidential candidates to support his renewed push for a settlement with the Palestinians. When Olmert was in the United States for the Annapolis, Md., peace summit, he took the opportunity to call each of the…
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In Wake of Intelligence Report, Dems Rap Bush Over Iran
With a recent U.S. intelligence report concluding that Iran has likely halted its nuclear weapons program, the Democratic candidates wasted little time before attacking the Bush administration over its handling of the Iranian nuclear issue — and decrying the president’s response to the report. The L.A. Times reports on what the candidates said on the…
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Intel Bombshell Sends Community Scrambling To Hold Line on Iran Threat
American Jewish groups are scrambling to reformulate their message on Iran following the release this week of a new American intelligence report that states with “high confidence” that Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago. In a conference call Tuesday hurriedly arranged by the umbrella body of Jewish organizations, communal leaders decided to…
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Clinton’s Thesis on Leftist Icon Reveals Roots
As a former first lady aiming to become America’s first female president, Hillary Clinton has a biography heavy with male influences, including Hugh Rodham, the stern father who raised her as a Republican; Don Jones, the Methodist youth minister who introduced her to the civil rights movement, and former president Bill Clinton, her political and…
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As Dubai Heats Up, Is Israel Frozen Out?
There are many factors pointing to Dubai’s emergence as a new Middle Eastern economic hub, but one particularly revealing item is the number of foreign visitors patronizing the city’s hotels. Since 2001, the number of Americans staying at this Persian Gulf port city’s hotels has nearly quadrupled, while Iranian visitors have doubled and Sudanese travelers…
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Indian Jews Look To Invite Attention on Hanukkah
Next week, at New York’s Indian consulate, a group of Indian Jews will attempt to bridge the gap between their culture and that of most American Jews — by throwing a Hanukkah party. The decision may seem obvious, but Hanukkah is actually a relatively new addition to the Indian Jewish tradition, which developed separately from…
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University Dispels Rumor Spread Online
Officials at the University of Kentucky are trying to dispel a myth circulating on the Internet that it has canceled its Holocaust-related classes due to pressure from Muslim students. Last April, the online rumor-mill began churning when someone mistook the letters “UK,” signifying the United Kingdom, for the University of Kentucky and amended a chain…
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In the Wake of Annapolis, Other Fronts Develop
In a bid to reassert itself in a region where it long held sway, Russia has re-entered the Middle East diplomatic fray by serving as a go-between for Israel and Syria and by offering to host a follow-up meeting to last week’s peace summit in Annapolis, Md. In the run-up to the summit, to which…
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Study Finds Intermarriage Peak in Maine
In Portland, Maine, even the editor of the local Jewish newspaper was born to intermarried parents, and when she got around to marrying, it was not to a Jew. Given her own experience, Elizabeth Margolis-Pineo, editor of The Voice, the local Jewish newspaper, was not surprised by a new demographic study that found Portland and…
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GELT COMPLEX: New Home for Singer, Study Looks Beyond Shul
New Home for Singer Less than a year after he was ousted from the World Jewish Congress under a cloud of suspicion and following an acrimonious dispute with some of its leaders, Israel Singer found a new home with the American Jewish Congress. By becoming the new chair of the international policy council of the…
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