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Anat Hoffman does good work for the Jewish community. As the head of the Israel Religious Action Center, she directs an organization that is helping to build the civil society devoted to liberal democracy that Israel desperately needs. Yet many in the Jewish world have never heard of her. She doesn’t even pass the does-she-have-a-Wikipedia-article […]
When I heard that the rabbi of a Chabad house on a university campus was in trouble for providing alcohol to students, I assumed that I didn’t need to hear any further details to understand what the story was. That led me to write this post. I approached the subject with prejudice and without a […]
What’s new with the globe? You could have watched the foreign policy debate last night. But, if you actually want to learn anything, you might instead read this week’s Global Jewish Voice highlight. As Israel’s climate teeters on the edge of war, Author Liran Shamriz sounds off on the moral conflicts plaguing the Israeli region. […]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy In a city where lingerie-clad women pout down at us from every other billboard, one more mostly-naked lady shouldn’t make such a difference. But New Yorker Stella Boonshoft has, whether she meant to or not. Stella, as she’s now known to millions, is […]
In a recent blog post, New Voices gave you exciting information: Kosher tailgating recipes are finally available to the kosher-tailgating-snack-less. But today, we have kosher sports news that will wipe those recipes off the map: For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will have glatt kosher hot dogs available to the kosher consumer. Kosher […]
Sometimes contemporary American is terrifying. And sometimes it’s wonderful. I’ve just discovered that a man called Upendra Chivukula, born in Nellore, India, is running for the U.S. House of Representative in the New Jersey 7th Congressional District. On the home page of his website, one of the images in the rotating banner is this: You’ll […]
Are y’all as excited for the Presidential Foreign Policy debate as I am? Probably not – but prepare yourselves. If I can’t get you fired up, the FP Debate Bingo/Drinking Game at the bottom of this post might. I’m excited because a few weeks ago this campaign was over. Romney made multiple foreign policy gaffes, […]
On October 16th, New York City’s Yeshiva University hosted an event billed as a panel discussion with Gilad Shalit and half the members of his IDF platoon. The title, for all intents and purposes, was GILAD SHALIT; in the weeks leading up to the discussion, everyone here at Y.U. would ask, “Are you going to the […]
For American high school seniors, October means one thing: College applications are right around the corner. It’s almost so obvious it doesn’t need saying, but in the Gaza Strip, there is no season when the minds of a generation automatically turn toward college applications. Here in America, tis the season for prospective students to roll […]
With an article so deliciously titled, it’s hard to resist the opportunity to poke fun. In fact, a quick perusal of Wiki-How articles proves that the cynical world of journalism has not done nearly enough ridiculing of this website, a collection of life’s most mockable texts: how-to guides. In the name of proper responsibility, The […]