Tuesday, 11 October 2011

FEATURED STORY

Taking seven steps to 'Sukkot happiness'

"Sukkot happy" is a bit different from the kind of happy that our post-modern culture espouses. Here is a plan with seven steps to help you get there. Read more »

Waving the lulav and etrog, symbols of the fall harvest, is one way to Sukkot pleasure -- especially for the kids.

EDITORS' PICKS

An ousted Israeli diplomat with many fans

The removal of well-liked diplomat Danny Arbell at the Israeli Embassy in Washington is spurring complaints that cross political lines. JTA's Ron Kampeas has the story.

Can we befriend all the world's nations?

In a JTA Op-Ed, Rabbi Amy Eilberg, who spent two weeks on the road with leaders of other religions praying together and working for the common good, notes the precedent for this type of activism in Sukkot teachings.


BREAKING NEWS


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the creation of a task force to find ways to legalize West Bank homes built on private Palestinian land.
A Libyan Jewish exile attempting to restore Tripoli's main synagogue will leave the country following angry protests.
The Jewish Federations of North America bumped a leader of a Jewish pro-Palestinian group from its Jewish Community Heroes competition.
Thousands of palm fronds for Sukkot lulavs reportedly have been smuggled out of Egypt despite a ban on their export.
The widow of the victim of a Gaza rocket attack on southern Israel gave birth to a baby boy.
A Michigan woman has filed a lawsuit over the film "Drive," charging that the trailer was misleading and that the movie is anti-Semitic.
A letter written by Albert Einstein to a Jewish New York businessman is on the auction block.
The failure of Israeli government ministers to appear at a ceremony for casualties of the Yom Kippur War has riled the soldiers' families.
Rocks were thrown at Jerusalem's light rail, smashing a window.
Yiddish signs briefly sprouted on Brooklyn trees asking Jewish women to step aside when a man walks down the sidewalk.
The Golda Och Academy in West Orange, N.J., has received a $17.2 million donation from the estate of philanthropist Eric F. Ross.
The state of New Jersey for the third time has denied a proposal for a Hebrew-language charter high school in Highland Park.
Seven Republican U.S. congressmen have accepted an invitation from World Likud chairman Danny Danon to visit Israel this month.

Posted by Britannia Radio at 18:23