Forget those old tin containers. Pull out the crayons and glue, and let young philanthropists put their personal stamp on artful tzedakah boxes. The Creative Judaica Kit Company’s do-it-yourself set comes with a blank cardboard money box, colorful stickers, a giving goal sheet, decorating tips and activity suggestions for kids to enhance their tikkun olam…
On Tuesday, a “Who’s Who” of American Jewish philanthropists joined Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Warsaw to break ground on the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, an institution being billed as a foundation on which to rebuild understanding between Poles and Jews. The scene would have been hard to imagine just a generation…
When Ilanit Levinger’s marriage fell apart, she took what seemed to be the next logical step: She sought a divorce. But for the 34-year-old Israeli, the painful process of severing ties with a spouse became one that was drawn-out and bitter, spanning seven years. Her husband refused to grant her a get (bill of divorce),…
Everyone has a kids-in-restaurants horror story. My friend Lily watched two grade schoolers methodically finger-painting with ketchup all over the walls and window of her local diner. My friend Idit watched two boys loudly playing catch with packets of jelly in front of the swinging doors to the kitchen. At a family-owned fish place in…
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to church-state watchdogs this morning with its ruling in the Hein v. Freedom From Religion Case. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Alito, the Court ruled that the Freedom From Religion Foundation does not have the legal right to challenge the use of government funds by the White…
Thursday’s House vote on the foreign operations bill provided Democrats with an opportunity in the latest round of the never-ending “who is better for Israel” debate. Having been bashed on this issue in the past, House Democrats now came up with a winning card. It all started with a memo distributed by the Republican leadership…
ISEF OFFERS ISRAELI YOUTH A CHANCE AT A FUTURE Marvin Hamlisch, guest artist at the May 14 International Sephardic Education Foundation benefit, told the black-tie crowd at New York’s Mandarin Oriental that as a graduate of the Juilliard School, he’d landed a job as rehearsal pianist for “Funny Girl,” which starred Barbra Streisand. This led…
Those are the words of Joseph Hansen, the international president of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, who spoke with the Forward at a dinner put on by the Jewish Labor Committee in NYC last night. According to Hansen, Bloomberg met with top union leaders, including the Teamsters’ general president, James P. Hoffa,…
It turns out that Jay Footlik, the former Clinton aide running for Congress in the 10th district of Illinois, will have a primary opponent. Dan Seals, who nearly upset U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk in last year’s election, announced today that he will run again. Meanwhile, Josh Kraushaar of the Politico has a post up about…
Washington – In the wake of this week’s tête-à-tête here between Ehud Olmert and George Bush, a high-stakes debate is shaping up in Washington over just how much American money should go to the troubled Palestinian leadership. During the visit, Olmert and Bush made a joint call for immediate American aid to bolster the new…
Asra Nomani should have loved “A Mighty Heart,” the new feature film about journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder in Pakistan five years ago. Pearl’s onetime Wall Street Journal colleague was, after all, a consultant on the film and a central player in the story itself. It was her Karachi home that became the headquarters…
אין קלאַס זענען די סטודענטן אָפֿט געווען אױף פֿאַרשידענע ניװאָען אָבער זי האָט זיך אָפּגעגעבן מיט יעדן באַזונדער.
