richards | February 13, 2017
When life is at its worst, Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal is at his best. The death of a loved one is precisely when youwant to feel more anchored in your culture, with your synagogue family, said Dr.
richards | February 13, 2017
Tablet Magazine What a family heirloom taught me about my ancestors, and the mysterious parts of my Jewish history Tablet Magazine Besides what it held on the inside, I also loved the small silver vessel for what was engraved on its outside: the initials E.G., for Estrella Galante, my Sephardic great-grandmother, whose exotic life story sparked my first forays into genealogical ...
richards | February 13, 2017
Whether Ashkenazi tend to have higher intelligence than other ethnic groups has been an occasional subject of scientific controversy.[1] A 2005 scientific paper, "Natural History of Jewish Intelligence",[2] proposed that Jews as a group inherit higher verbal and mathematical intelligence with somewhat lower spikes in spatial intelligence than other ethnic groups, on the basis of inherited diseases and the peculiar economic situation of Jews in the Middle Ages. Opposing this hypothesis are explanations for the congenital illnesses in terms of the founder effect, explanations of intellectual successes by reference to Jewish culture's promotion of scholarship and learning, and doubts about whether a group difference in intelligence really exists. One observational basis for inferring that Jews have high intelligence is their prevalence in intellectually demanding fields
richards | February 13, 2017
President Reuvin Rivlin holds land deeds he purchased from a Palestinian in the West Bank 40 years ago while speaking at the Jerusalem Conference. (photo credit:YISRAEL BARDOGO) In a possible harbinger signaling an official shift in government policy, President Reuvin Rivlin on Monday said he supported the full annexation of the West Bank, in exchange for complete Israeli citizenship and equal rights granted to Palestinian residents. Stating that he believes Zion is entirely ours, and that the sovereignty of the State of Israel must be in all the blocs, at the opening day of the 14th Jerusalem Conference, Rivlin may have tested the waters for the one-state solution he has long championed.
richards | February 13, 2017
PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU consults with Avichai Mandelblit in December of last year while he was cabinet secretary.
richards | February 13, 2017
A pencil sketch on the living room wall of Henry Morgenthau IIIs home depicts three versions of him: a skinny figure at 13, fatter at 20 and burdened with a grotesque potbelly at 40. Awful fate may be avoided by not following Pas example, the artist wrote to the boy in about 1930.
richards | February 13, 2017
New York Times Stephen Miller Is a 'True Believer' Behind Core Trump Policies New York Times President Trump congratulating Mr. Miller, center, after the senior adviser's swearing-in last month . Credit Al ...
simmons | February 13, 2017
Israel a point of refuge I am troubled that The Herald would have given Mr.
simmons | February 13, 2017
Nearly 25 years ago I traveled to Poland to participate in the March of the Living, to study the history of the Holocaust and to examine the roots of prejudice, intolerance and hate, as the programs website explains. Our group visited Nazi death camps and Jewish ghost towns, seeking to gain a better understanding of the destruction that happened there. In every place we visited, we could feel the presence of lost Jewish life.
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