A prominent feminist magazine declined to run an advertisement featuring images of Israel’s top female political leaders, igniting a war of words with a major Jewish organization. The ad was submitted by the American Jewish Congress to Ms. Magazine, and spotlighted photographs of Dorit Beinisch, president of Israel’s Supreme Court; Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister,…
UPDATE: A deal was reached January 18 to end the Israeli university strike. See our update here. Haifa, Israel – During what was supposed to be the last week of the semester, the Haifa University campus was almost deserted. Students and lecturers were missing, thanks to a 13-week strike by teachers that is causing a…
In the days following New Year’s, New Jersey’s Poile Zedek Cemetery was visited by vandals who knocked over nearly 500 tombstones on two separate sprees of destruction. The last tombstones were toppled in New Jersey a day before different vandals hit Westlawn Cemetery in Chicago the night of January 5. Dozens of gravestones were graffitied…
Approx. 3 1/2 cups of pureed winter squash 3/4 cup apple juice or cider 2 teaspoons ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves 1 1/3 cups brown sugar 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg Juice of half a lemon Combine pumpkin, apple juice, spices, and sugar in a large saucepan; stir well. Bring mixture…
HILLARY CLINTON Supporters: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY) Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)…
The Forward’s campaign blogging is moving over to our Bintel Blog.
There’s something counterintuitive about a history of Miami Beach — a place given more to ephemeral pleasures than to cold, hard facts. A Miami vacation may feel as immediate as can be, but given a week’s remove and the place — like a suntan — pretty much just floats away. That is, unless one is…
Over footage of burning buildings, Israel Defense Forces troops and the Israeli prime minister, the straight-faced anchorman intones: “Great news out of Israel: Ehud Olmert has announced that the second Lebanon war was a success…. Another of Olmert’s notable successes is his attempt to comb over his bald spot.” Yes, it’s a satirical newscast, but…
The Jewish experience in the Big Apple is the subject of “The Jews of New York,” a documentary premiering Sunday on New York Public Television (WLIW21). The film profiles individuals and institutions that have had a significant impact on life in New York City, including Cohen’s Fashion Optical, Katz’s Delicatessen and Russ & Daughters appetizing;…
besieged is man a tree of the field entreating for a future mehudar heart an esrog graced with life’s ridges and troughs on this full moon new year Tu B’Shvat marks the New Year of the Trees. It is one of the four New Years mentioned in the Mishnah (Rosh HaShana 1:1). In Hasidic tradition,…
A prominent feminist magazine declined to run an advertisement featuring images of Israel’s top female political leaders. The ad in question was submitted by the American Jewish Congress to Ms. Magazine, and spotlighted photographs of Dorit Beinisch, President of Israel’s Supreme Court; Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister; and Dalia Itzik, the Speaker of the Knesset,…
