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Following the controversy over the Jewish Standard’s same-sex wedding announcement last week, Jewish publications (irresponsibly, in my view) published unproven allegations that the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County, one of northern New Jersey’s largest Orthodox rabbinical authorities, pressured the New Jersey Jewish standard in a variety of inappropriate ways. In particular, Tablet Magazine reported that:…
Every day it seems bleaker, and the true moderates in Israel’s society seem weaker. These nasty developments speak volumes. Consider: The Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in return for an extension of the settlement freeze, putting another nail in the peace coffin. [JJ] The Israeli cabinet approves a required loyalty oath…
It’s possible: Reportedly, Israelis are making their way to the Palestinian Oktoberfest in the Christian town of Taybeh… [Forward Schmooze] And meanwhile, the Israeli government is advancing a bill requiring all Palestinian-Israelis to take a loyalty oath to the state. The shandas for the goyim never stop… [YNet] As long as we’re on the topic…
Internal British party politics don’t usually have implications for the American Jewish press, but the election of Ed Miliband to the Labour party’s top post at the end of September recalls Moment Magazine’s cover story a few months ago, featuring his brother, David Miliband. David served as foreign secretary under Gordon Brown and was the…
Avi Smolen and Justin Rosen announced their upcoming nuptials in the New Jersey Jewish Standard, and what followed in quick succession were: complaints from the Orthodox community, a Jewish Standard ban on future same-sex announcements, complaints from the rest of the community and a second note from the Standard retracting the original ban. Now, New Voices bypasses the commotion and goes straight to the source: Avi Smolen, one of the grooms.
If you don’t believe me, watch this. If you do believe me, please also watch it. You’ll thank me later. [Manischewitz120] If that wasn’t funny enough for you, check this out : a rabbi has just given female Mossad agents the halakhic go-ahead to seduce the enemy with sex. Only in Israel. [Ha’aretz] Oh, did…
In case you’ve missed one of the hot topics of the Jewish media this year, Members of the Tribe have their panties in a bunch over the slowly growing BDS movement in the US and worldwide, which urges universities to divest from, boycott and sanction companies that do business in the West Bank and Gaza….
The New Jersey Jewish Standard claims in its “About Us” that it is “dedicated to giving expression to all phases of Jewish life.” Its actions, however, show that it is not open to the Jewish LGBT community. The Standard did the sensible thing last week by printing a community couple’s same-sex wedding announcement, just as they would for…
Does history repeat itself? The strongman prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, told an anti-Semitic joke this week featuring–of all things–the Holocaust. But don’t worry, it’s OK, because it’s not like the Italian government had anything to do with carrying out the Holocaust… right? Right? [NYT Lede] In other hate news, it looks like “Price…
Sukkah City, an exhibit of 11 artistic and design-oriented sukkahs created by architects and designers from across the world, showed in New York’s Union Square. In a slide show, New Voices editors talk about the exhibit, what is says about Sukkot, and how it relates to Judaism today. Happy holidays! View more presentations from NewVoices.
Haaretz columnist Aluf Benn seems to think so. Here’s his take on what should happen when the Iranian demagogue/president visits the Hizbollah stronghold of southern Lebanon. Spoiler Alert: It ends with Mahmoud in a glass cage facing the Israeli Supreme court. [Ha’aretz] And now, the second part of our double feature from the leftist Israeli…
While the newborn direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are on the line, even if the talks fail, the emergent politivcal winner may be none other than… Bibi Netanyahu. Keep in mind, however, that this would still mean that the talks had failed, which would suck. [Tablet] Even worse news for the far…
Here’s the latest not-news news from the wild world of Jewish journalism. Apparently, George Soros, the leftist billionaire who supports progressive causes in Israel, actually funds J Streeet. The only reason this is news is because Soros was rumored, back in the day, to be behind the formation of J Street, but then the group…
Part of the reason this Reading list is so late today is that I departed New York this morning for my hometown of Northbrook, IL–and I flew holding my lulav and etrog. Luch to my surprise, the traditional four species did not delay me at all in the security check, and no one commented on…