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The Technion Takes Manhattan
Cornell partnership cements a reputation for high-tech research and development that’s been building for 100 years. Michele Chabin Israel Correspondent Tue, 01/10/2012Jerusalem — When Mayor Michael...
View ArticleBibi Netanyahu: On History and Its Abuse
All eyes were on Bibi Netanyahu yesterday as he delivered his AIPAC speech. At times he was disarming, at others bellicose, both emphasizing that Obama has Israel’s back, but that if need be, Israel...
View ArticleThe Passover Rap Video Everyone's Talking About, and the Story Behind It
A couple of weeks ago, a Passover rap video—all in Hebrew, and with beat-boxing—went viral. It featured two fairly typical looking American Jews dressed up as Pharaoh, Moses, and a sleuth of other...
View ArticleA Son Who Does Not Know How To Ask
Elicia Brown Special To The Jewish Week It began as the typical nightmare of so many parents, but concluded with an unsettling twist: Danny, age 3, had made his way through the door, down to the...
View ArticleSayanara Santorum
The withdrawal of Rick Santorum from the Republican presidential contest was announced in a hastily called 12-minute speech Tuesday in which the former Pennsylvania senator gracefully exited the race...
View ArticleSayanara Santorum
The withdrawal of Rick Santorum from the Republican presidential contest was announced in a hastily called 12-minute speech Tuesday in which the former Pennsylvania senator gracefully exited the race...
View ArticleJews that Count, And the Rest of Us
How the 2012 Election Will Revolve Around a Selective Group of Votersread more
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox are Correct About the Dangers of the Internet
When I first heard that a rally was planned for Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews to protest the Internet, I didn’t think it would attract much attention. After all, the Internet has long been under attack...
View ArticleAll She Wrote: Signing Off from The Jewish Week
Eventually, this day had to come, the day when I wrote my last blog for The Jewish Week. In the fall I'll be starting a Ph.D. program in U.S. history at Columbia, which means I'll no longer be able to...
View ArticleQ&A With Chef Jay
Emma Goss Food & Wine Editor Chef Jay Weinstein talks ethical cooking, kashrut, and chocolate syrup. From humble beginnings washing dishes at a local restaurant in Long Island, New York, chef Jay...
View Article‘Tridentity’ And The Children
Orli Santo Special To The Jewish Week What happens when Israeli-American Jews have kids? Dr. Shaula Yemini grew up on the Israel-U.S. line. After spending some of her formative years in the U.S., she...
View Article‘Where Are Your Bloody New York Jews?’
Gil Troy Special To The Jewish Week In October 1975, as the heinous resolution condemning Zionism as racism progressed through the United Nations, American Jews were silent. America’s UN ambassador,...
View ArticleAccused Kidnap Rabbi Known For ‘Wild West’ Rules
Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor Man at heart of FBI sting operation is well known in the torrid world of non-amicable Orthodox divorce. Nearly any Orthodox woman who has struggled with the...
View ArticleBoxed In By Online Dating
Heather Robinson Contributing Editor Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of columns about online dating. A few years ago, Paige S., a dancer, moved from the West Coast to New York. A 40-ish...
View ArticleBiggest Sigh Of Relief Story: Weiner, Spitzer And Jewish Pride
For centuries, Jews took pride in scholars and the saintly. When allowed to be financiers, we took pride in the Rothschilds and Montifiores, who supported Jewish causes. But pride in the 20th century...
View ArticleNext Wave: N.Y’s Community Mikveh
Of course, there are mikvehs in New York. The city is filled with ritual baths serving its many observant Jewish communities. What the city doesn’t offer is a bath along the lines of Mayyim Hayyim in...
View ArticleHow Judy Met Trevor
Leah Hakimian Jewish Week Online Columnist “My late husband wished me to re-marry,” said Judy Brown, “but it took me sixteen years. At first, I couldn’t even think about a second marriage, and then...
View ArticleMenzel Is Marvelous in ‘If/Then’
Alan Zeitlin Jewish Week Correspondent Idina Menzel, whose most recent triumph is singing the Oscar-winning song “Let It Go,” in the Disney movie “Frozen,” has made a triumphant return to Broadway in...
View ArticleNew York Adjusts Candidate Petition Dates For Shavuot
JTA New York State moved up the launch of petition drives for primary candidates because the original date fell during Shavuot.read more
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