Shir Chadash Conservative Synagogue Rabbi Ethan Linden has announced a “lunch and learn” at the synagogue this Wednesday, October 23. The topic of the learning session is “Jews and Electoral Politics” and starts at 11:00 a.m. Lunch follows at 12...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the Israeli military’s operation to seize a ship attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. “Even the people who were on the ship know that there is no humanitarian crisis in...
The Northshore Jewish Congregation will be presenting its annual “Fun’d Raiser” on November 3. This year’s event is slated to coincide with the LSU Tigers vs. Alabama Crimson Tide football game and is titled “A Tailgate of Two Cities.” The...
Rabbi Yossie Nemes of the Gerson Katz Chabad Center of Metairie has announced his facilitation of a new six-week course from the Jewish Learning Institute (JLI). The JLI is associated with the national Chabad movement, but its courses are open...
(JTA) — The heirs of Superman co-creator Joe Shuster do not have the right to reclaim copyrights to the popular character, a federal judge ruled. Wednesday’s ruling in California gives DC Comics, owned by Warner Bros., all rights to Superman...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When 15 prominent American Protestant leaders sent a letter to Congress last week calling for an investigation and possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel, at least one outcome was certain: The Jews wouldn’t...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The grave of Moshe Dayan was vandalized on the anniversary of the former Israeli defense minister’s death. Graffiti reading “The minister of failure, on behalf of the fallen” was painted in red on Dayan’s gravestone early Tuesday...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav requested a presidential pardon to appeal his rape conviction. Katsav’s wife, Gila, filed the request with the Justice Ministry. It will be forwarded to President Shimon Peres.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — During his 30 years in the clubby confines of the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter never lost his acerbic prosecutorial zeal, friends and associates say. The insistent questions, the commitment to independence that made the...
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) One year after his release, Israeli Channel 10 News aired parts of an interview with former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit on Oct. 11, during which Schalit revealed details of how he survived his ordeal and spent...
