| | | At universities across the globe, the annual springtime ritual known as Israel Apartheid Week is kicking off this week, and Jewish students and pro-Israel groups have been readying themselves to respond in force. Read more » | | | | Friends of Israel in the United States cannot afford to be complacent, a leading official for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs writes, as the campaign has made significant inroads in other parts of the world. Read more » | |
Editors' Picks | Check out the video of this year's Jewlicious festival in Los Angeles. Among the highlights: The world's only Orthodox (or, for that matter, Jewish) boxing champion shares some fight tips with the world's most famous Orthodox Jewish reggae star. | | Adam Kredo explores what the recent death of Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), a stalwart supporter of Israel who presided over the powerful House Appropriations defense subcommittee, will mean for the Jewish state. | | The rabbi of the Western Wall says the site is "not a place for ceremonies or demonstrations, proclamations or tongue-lashings." | | Shimon Waronker, a Spanish-speaking Chasid who turned around one of the city's most violent middle schools in the Bronx, is planning to open an innovative trilingual elementary school in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. | | In criticizing the idea of Orthodox female rabbis, as well as Reform and Conservative Judaism, an Orthodox educator says Moses would have been comfortable walking the streets of Jerusalem's most famous haredi neighborhood. The Talmud disagrees. | | Stanley Fish reflects on his two obsessions: finding famous tough guys who are shorter than he is and celebrities who are just as Jewish (or at least close). And the ultimate is identifying those that fit in both categories. | | Before Purim seasons slips away: Chabad rabbis complain about being mistaken for a film superstar who has taken to sporting a lengthy beard. Breaking News
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