JERUSALEM — About 10 years ago the deputy chief of Israel’s Mossad, Ephraim Halevy, and a top-level Foreign Ministry official, Eitan Bentsur, were invited separately to meet with North Korean leaders and discuss Pyongyang’s missile supplies to various countries in the Middle East. The North Koreans made it clear they expected a significant Israeli financial…
In “Women of Mystery, Men of Prophecy: Biblical Images” at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, Janet Shafner explores the stories of the Hebrew Bible, portraying its characters so that they have resonance in a world far from Eden. Shafner sees many parallels between our own times and theirs, evidenced by the prevalent themes of war,…
Strollers aren’t allowed in the Boca Raton Synagogue on the Sabbath, so each Saturday harried parents jockey beneath the wide awning for the prime spots to park their Peregos and Maclarens. “You know how some places auction parking spots as fundraisers? Well, we’re considering offering reserved stroller spots,” said the synagogue’s rabbi, Kenneth Brander. “This…
Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Russell Simmons, Stevie Wonder. No, this is not the nominee list for this year’s MTV Awards. They are the new faces of black-Jewish relations. Last November’s reception for an organization devoted to nurturing the relationship between the African-American and Jewish communities was a star-studded affair. The crowd at the Foundation for…
Two Israeli documentaries being screened on a double bill — both making their United States premieres — examine life on the Israeli-Palestinian divide from two very different perspectives. Ruth Walk’s “The Settlers” (2002) looks at the lives and opinions of Orthodox women and children living in the West Bank city of Hebron. Ram Loevy’s “Close,…
FORWARD FORUM Jana was born some months ago in a public hospital in the city of Buenos Aires. Her mother, a penniless Jewish woman with psychological disorders, disappeared after giving birth to the little girl. The hospital delivered Jana to a state institution where a judge sent her to a Catholic orphanage. Nobody knows how…
Rabbi Steven Dworken, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Council of America, a professional body serving over 1,100 Orthodox rabbis, died suddenly at his home in Teaneck, N.J., on January 13 of a heart attack. He was 58. Hundreds of mourners came from as far away as Chicago, Boston and Miami to attend his funeral…
Lectures and Discussions Charney’s Report: Leon Charney — host of the 13-year-old “The Charney Report” and author, most recently, of “The Charney Report: Confronting the Israeli-Arab Conflict” — discusses the struggle for Middle East peace in the first event in the Rockland Center for the Arts’s “You Heard It Here” speakers series. Charney was once…
In its latest jolt of turmoil, the United Jewish Communities has moved to dissolve its experimental venture in non-traditional giving, The Trust for Jewish Philanthropy. UJC, the roof body of federated Jewish philanthropies in North America, issued a statement Tuesday, reportedly in response to inquiries by the Forward, that it has pulled the trust’s funding,…
Following the 1994 bombing of Argentina’s AMIA center, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay launched a secret operation in coordination with Washington to disrupt the activities of suspect Arabs in the region, according to officials closely associated with what was called “Operation Double Top.” “We realized the best way was to hit their dirty businesses in the…
Do you like to stroll down memory lane? Or wistfully recall the bright gleam in the eyes of the stars of the stage? “Great Moments of 20th-Century Music” presents images of musical masters and magical moments culled from the Emmerich Gara Collection, the LIFE Picture Collection and the Associated Press Collection, representing not just opera…
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