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Howard Metzenbaum, 90, Former Ohio Senator
Former Ohio senator Howard Metzenbaum has died at the age of 90. Metzenbaum was Ohio’s first Jewish senator, after being appointed by Ohio governor John Gilligan to fill an unexpired term in late 1973. He won a seat in 1976 and served three full terms, retiring in 1995. Metzenbaum died March 12 at his home…
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Lawmakers Scuffle Over New Palestinian Aid Package
Washington – Bush administration efforts to provide financial aid to the Palestinian Authority were nearly derailed by Congress last week, as lawmakers tried to block an assistance package aimed at bolstering the leadership of P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas. Skepticism on Capitol Hill about the Palestinian leadership’s commitment to peace has grown in recent weeks, in…
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New Israeli Postal Fee Puts Damper on Purim Tradition
Haifa, Israel – Every year, in a modern take on a biblical commandment, thousands of Americans mail mishloach manot, festive food parcels, to their nearest and dearest in Israel. But while this used to be the best way of helping Israelis toward a happy holiday, we can now reveal a better way: Open up the…
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Months After World Jewish Congress Breakup, Legal Battles Drag On
For a few months, the former head of the World Jewish Congress, Israel Singer, quietly served as an adviser to the American Jewish Congress. But when one of Singer’s old enemies found out about it, he made sure the work would not last. Stephen Herbits, a former WJC secretary general who fiercely defended Singer for…
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Head of Columbia Jewish Studies Program Resigns
Professors at Columbia University have been mum over the abrupt resignation last month of Michael Stanislawski as director of the school’s Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, an umbrella for scholars anchored in other departments. Stanislawski declined to comment on his change in status at the institute, which was established in 2005 in part to…
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GELT COMPLEX: ZOA Accuses ADL, $$$ for Darfur Project
ZOA Accuses ADL The campus of the University of California at Irvine, long a breeding ground for controversy and anti-Israel activism, has stirred up another fight — this time between a pair of Jewish organizations. Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, has sent a scolding letter to Abraham Foxman, national director of…
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An Unusual Megillah
The Scroll of Esther is getting a makeover from some kids in Pennsylvania, a Reconstructionist scribe and a computer graphics program. Congregation Or Hadash, a small Reconstructionist synagogue located in the Philadelphia suburb Fort Washington, has commissioned a sofer to create a megillah that incorporates drawings by students in its religious school. The scribe, Rabbi…
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Shpiel on Broadway
Stars of the Great White Way inject humor and spunk into the ancient story of Esther in the fourth annual Broadway Purim Shpiel. The performance features Skylar Astin of “Spring Awakening,” Heather Spore of “Wicked,” Iris Bahr of “Dai (Enough),” Kenita Miller of “Xanadu” and Richard Kind of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The show is…
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Anti-Folk Hits The Right Note: Kimya Dawson Breaks Through With ‘Juno’
Kimya Dawson is the top-selling artist in America! I admit I didn’t see it coming. The last band I knew before it was famous (you know… when it was really cool) was the White Stripes, which my friend Adam saw perform on his college campus. I’d forgotten what this feels like — this sense that…
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Radnor: Not Your Average TV Star
Actor Josh Radnor is glad to be back at work. During the recent writers’ strike, production of his CBS show, “How I Met Your Mother,” was shut down for three months, along with nearly every other scripted television series. Now taping again and in its third season, the sitcom isn’t quite a runaway hit, nor…
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Arab Boycott Follows Writers to Paris
Count on Middle Eastern politics to turn what is billed as a French fair into a political slugfest. The Paris book fair, one of the major events on the European literary calendar, opened March 14, with Israel as the “guest of honor.” The focus led a number of Arab states to boycott the festival. “Iran…
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