“Don’t do it!” “You’re crazy – it’s professional madness!” “Have you lost your mind?” These were the comments a friend of mine, a congregational rabbi, received from his colleagues when he shared his planned topic for his Kol Nidre sermon. It’s not hard to guess that th…
Israel’s Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office MK Michael Oren hailed Morocco’s King Mohammad VI for his decision to introduce Holocaust education into his country’s schools. Read more.
Some 19 swastikas were spray painted on the walls of a Jewish Community Center in Virginia. Read more.
Authorities in Chicago have increased a reward for the capture of a masked gunman who remains on the loose after killing two people. Douglass Watts, 73, was shot in the head near his home on Sept. 30, and 24-year-old Eliyahu Moscowitz was killed the following day. Both shootings took place i…
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), along with several other Israeli organizations, has planned to send emergency medical services and supplies to Indonesia after the tsunami's aftermath. Read more.
