The Israel/Palestine blogosphere has been abuzz with news about the petition to ban Paradise Now from the Oscars, for the “crime” of making suicide bombers
JP.o.s. reports, The parent company of a Dubai-based firm at the center of a political storm in the US over the purchase of American ports
Tens of thousands of French Jews responding to the murder of Ilan Halimi, took to the streets of Marsailles, Paris and Jerusalem in protest Sunday,
Hebrew Union College will be presenting Eve Ensler’s controversial hit, “The Vagina Monologues”, Thursday, March 2nd and Saturday, March 4 at the HUC Mo’adon (13
I’m no fan of the Jerusalem Post. Never really have been. If you need an explaination, two words that should sum things up nicely are
The concept of chosenness is both central to Judaism and often misunderstood. Throughout history, it has been seen as an affront by many non-Jews. Rare
Our friend Gili Levi, proprietor of Jerusalem’s only skateshop — the inventively named Gili’s Skateshop — has begun printing his own series of skateboard
The JTA reports, An Israeli lawyer sued Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Germany for Holocaust denial. Ervin Eran Shahar filed suit with the German Federal
The New Yorker has an article by editor David Remnick on the Palestinian elections. It’s not online, but an interview with Remnick on Hamas is.
Here’s the backstory. George Eliot is friends with/admires Benjamin Disraeli, the British politician of Jewish descent who is the prime minister who buys the Suez