Jewish Journal Staff
Skiing With a Purpose
As people shoosh down the California mountains, one group will be getting more than just snow: Torah.
Clinton in Tel Aviv
Despite his administration\’s failure to bring peace to the Middle East, former President Bill Clinton still enjoys rock star-like popularity in Israel. That was amply demonstrated last Sunday night when Clinton received an honorary doctorate at Tel Aviv University from university President Hamar Rabinovich.
Lehrer to Leave
David Lehrer, the regional director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) since 1986, will be leaving his position in the near future. He has been with the organization for 27 years.
U.S. Terror Victims
The U.S. State Department will now include American victims of Palestinian terror on its Rewards for Justice Program, which offers \”substantial monetary rewards\”for information leading to the arrest or conviction of people responsible for acts of terrorism.
Pass the Hummus, Please!
Hummus, the popular Middle Eastern staple made out of chickpeas, packs a nutritional wallop, according to a new study by Dr. Ram Reifen and Dr. Shahal Abbo of the faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A-door-able Art
In these patriotic times, everyone — from the fashion industry to the jewelry industry — is capitalizing on the American flag motif.
So it should come as no surprise that someone believes that Jews will want to display the flag too, in the most unlikely of places: religious articles.
Kosher Bunny
Playboy Magazine\’s new Miss November, Playmate Lindsey Vuolo, doesn\’t hide much in the centerfold, including her Jewish roots and her attachment to Israel.
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