The secret Jewish history of Tom Waits – Forward
admin | December 7, 2021
Tom Waits, whose colorful career in music and entertainment began around 1970, turns 72 today Dec.
Bloomberg: Partisanship blinds too many Jews to antisemitism within their own parties – Forward
admin | December 7, 2021
At a fundraising dinner Monday, Michael Bloomberg criticized Jewish Americans for too often failing to call out antisemitism when it comes from political allies. Partisanship can be blinding, the former New York City mayor said in a speech at the UJA-Federation of New Yorks annual Wall Street Dinner in Manhattan
Where you can get traditional Jewish food in Birmingham this Hanukkah – WIAT – CBS42.com
admin | December 7, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
Houston’s History of Black-Jewish Relationships – Houston Press
admin | December 7, 2021
Theres no story here. Eight years ago when Allison Schottenstein was communicating with scholars and Jewish Houstonians about mid-century Black-Jewish relations, they told her she was wasting her time. Nothing there.
The first class of The Jewish Life Enrichment Program of JSLI completed their studies – WFMZ Allentown
admin | December 7, 2021
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Jewish Life Enrichment Program (J-LEaP) successfully completed its first class.
Larry David Has Never Been More Jewish Than in this Season’s ‘Curb’ Detroit Jewish News – The Jewish News
admin | December 7, 2021
(JTA) Curb Your Enthusiasm has always been a Jewy show, but this season it is downright Jewish. On the HBO sitcom, now in its 11th season, Larry David has never been shy about surfacing, and lampooning, Judaism and Jewishness. He has contemplated the dilemmas of Holocaust survival, waded into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (via a local chicken restaurant) and gotten stranded on a ski lift with an Orthodox Jew on Shabbat.
NCJW to sponsor forums on abortion rights | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle – thejewishchronicle.net
admin | December 7, 2021
The National Council of Jewish Women Pittsburgh has signed on to participate in 73Forward, a national Jewish campaign to support abortion rights, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs the issue and the fate of Roe v.
This Hanukkah, pondering what binds all free-thinking Jews – Los Angeles Times
admin | December 7, 2021
To the editor: Tod Goldberg uses the start of Hanukkah to write about his past and his Jewish upbringing. He ponders whether his religion is something he actually believes in. Jewish people are free thinkers.
People believe Omicron is a Jewish holiday, a new weed strain in Jimmy Kimmel interview – The Indian Express
admin | December 7, 2021
As the world is concerned over the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, American TV show host, Jimmy Kimmel took to the streets to test peoples awareness about it.
White Noise and the Haters of Israel | Jewish & Israel News Algemeiner.com – Algemeiner
admin | November 30, 2021
The late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens used to refer to the theological arguments of his critics as white noise. As a non-believer, claims about the true nature of God, the legitimacy of prophetic revelation, or the problem of evil were simply meaningless to him an irritating buzz in his ears. Hitchens white noise is often what I hear when leftist or progressive critics of Israel make their arguments against the Jewish state.
