Julie Bien
Who wants to become a Yiddish maven?
My great grandfather, though he lived in Chicago his entire life, only spoke Yiddish (with a sprinkling of English thrown in).
Chloe Valdary: Christian, black and a rising star of pro-Israel activism
Growing up in New Orleans, Chloe Valdary kept kosher, studied the Jewish Bible and celebrated Jewish holidays with festive meals.
The Fulfillment Fund: Giving kids a shot at college
This fall, Crenshaw High School valedictorian Christerbell Ahaiwe will start her freshman year at UCLA. What her new classmates might not realize is how hard she worked to get there.
Manhattan’s Ramaz school clarifies advice on concealing kippahs
When Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the principal of Ramaz, an Orthodox day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, first heard about last week’s attack in the neighborhood on a Jewish couple by a mob bearing Palestinian flags, he had an instinctual response.
U.S. envoy to U.N. slams Human Rights Council’s Gaza panel
Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, criticized the world body’s panel created to investigate the recent conflict in Gaza.
U.S. lawmakers laud Iraq strikes, question long-term strategy
Lawmakers in Washington welcomed President Barack Obama\’s decision to attack advancing Islamist militants in Iraq, but some questioned whether his administration has a long-term strategy to arrest Iraq\’s disintegration.