Jewish Chronicle: Is Obama losing the Jewish vote?
After scandal-scarred incumbent Anthony Weiner resigned from his seat, Democrats and many political sages confidently predicted that the district he represented -- New York's 9th, a rock-solid...
View ArticleJewish columnist marvels at the continuing vitriol aimed at Mel Gibson
Why is there such knee-jerk hatred of Mel Gibson? Is it because he can never be forgiven for making an incredible success of The Passion of the Christ? Or can there be redemption? It would seem not,...
View ArticleJews, Palestinians have close genetic ties, say researchers
As many as 90 percent of Palestinians in some areas have close genetic ties to Jews, according to researchers. Ariella Oppenheim Ph.D., a researcher at Hebrew University and the Hadassah Medical School...
View ArticleDutch soccer fans under fire for singing pro-Jewish chants
European soccer fans are a different breed, so when the followers of Holland's premier team, Ajax, began filling stadiums with songs that "We are the super-Jews," most observers just rolled their eyes....
View ArticleWashington Post: Have a rockin’ Rosh Hashanah! (And watch Rick Perry dance!)
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins this week at sundown Wednesday, notes Elizabeth Tenety in the Washington Post's On Faith section. During the one-day holiday, Jews will welcome in the year...
View ArticleNow that he’s out of Iran, synagogue dares to reveal hiker Josh Fattal is one...
When hiker Josh Fattal was finally released after being held for two years in Iran, his friends and family -- and particularly his synagogue -- could finally reveal a secret kept under wraps even by...
View ArticleIsraeli author Yoram Kaniuk wins court battle to be ethnic Jewish, but not...
Israeli writer Yoram Kaniuk has won his battle in Tel Aviv District Court to be recorded in Israel's population register as having “no religion” while still being listed as ethnically Jewish. Kaniuk,...
View ArticleOrthodox sect livid over ice cream cone lickers
An ultra-orthodox Jewish sect is targeting Jerusalem ice cream stores -- squirting glue in their locks, breaking windows and worse. Why? The ultra-orthodox Sikrikim say that they are disgusted by...
View ArticleComplex disputes may close Mughrabi Bridge walkway giving Jews access to...
Jewish access to their most holy site, Jerusalem's Temple Mount, may be cut off after the city's engineer, Shlomo Eshkol, ruled the temporary Mughrabi Bridge has become unsafe -- and the Muslim...
View ArticleABC News’ Christiane Amanpour: Not your ordinary Christmases
Christmas has unique memories for international journalist Christiane Amanpour, the ABC News Global Affairs Anchor. As a small child, she remembers wonderful times, “my family with a Christmas tree and...
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