A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to earth which shattered windows and damaged buildings, injuring more than 500 people. People heading to work in Chelyabinsk heard what sounded like an explosion, saw a bright light and then felt a shockwave, in the industrial city 950…
On January 27, Superman fans—many sporting Superman logo T-shirts—landed on Krypton, also known as the Center for Jewish History for a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the creation of Superman. All were eager to hear Larry Tye, author of “Superman The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero,” expound on the comic book hero’s…
For Jewish summer campers everywhere, “Lady” is not the first thing that “Gaga” brings to mind. Instead, Gaga is the name of an addictive game that provides a great workout — and that’s spreading from Jewish summer camps and day schools to the rest of America. “You don’t lose the rush,” said Jenna Silverman, 12,…
More than month after the murder of two Jewish retirees from Toronto in their Florida townhouse, police have released a video recording that could shed some light on the mysterious slayings. Hallandale Beach police have been particularly tight-lipped about the January 10 murder of David Pichosky, 71, and Rochelle Wise, 66, who live in Toronto…
A Bronx synagogue suffered a terrible blow this week: the theft of three sifrey-Torah, or Torah scrolls, each one worth $45,000. The theft at the Orthodox shul, Young Israel of Mosholu Parkway, on East 208th Street in the Norwood Heights section, was discovered by a worker last Sunday. Besides the Torah scrolls, the thief also…
A black market in Jewish graves is hiding in plain sight on the classified pages. Defunct Jewish burial societies have been selling cemetery plots at bargain basement prices through classified ads on Craigslist and in the print edition of the Forward — even though New York and New Jersey state laws bar these sales. Each…
Case 8493, which includes the story of a prisoner whom the State of Israel admitted this evening existed, until he stopped existing, is not an Australian story. Ben Zygier may have been born in Australia and continued to use the passport of his first homeland. But the story is completely Israeli in its fundamentals: How…
On a Saturday night following Shabbat, Nick Muzin arrayed on his dining room table what would turn out to be the winning strategy to elect the first black Republican to Congress from South Carolina in more than a century. The next night at the same table in his Charleston, S.C., home, Muzin hosted his weekly…
President Barack Obama will not be the only one delivering a message during the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Members of Congress along with the White House will also be making symbolic statements with the guests they invite to attend the annual speech. Invited guests this year reflect the pressing issues facing Congress…
In an online age, Jewish mothers worried about their children’s romantic prospects have found a new way to intervene. Rather than simply gifting a JDate membership or forwarding tips to find a match online, more than 5,000 Jewish mothers are using TheJMom.com to network directly in search of their child’s beshert. The site takes old-fashioned…
Rabbi David Hartman, who died on February 10 at age 81, was perhaps the greatest Jewish philosopher of our time. He raised a generation of students who are helping transform Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora. His books changed the way many of us understand the relationship between Judaism and modernity and national sovereignty,…
די „שלום־עליכם לעקציע“ וועט מען קענען הערן אויפֿן אָרט אָדער דורך דער אינטערנעץ.
