Holocaust Exploited
March 6, 2003
An emaciated death camp survivor stares blankly alongside a gaunt steer.
Joe Berkofsky
Giving to the Future
February 13, 2003
Financial wizard Michael Steinhardt is blunt in assessing the future of North American Jewry.
The next generation is \”mostly Jewish ignoramuses,\” Steinhardt said. \”We haven\’t convinced the general Jewish population of the value of a Jewish education.\”
Do Film Festivals Build Jewish Identity?
February 6, 2003
The study, \”Can Watching a Movie Lead to Greater Jewish Affiliation?\” insists that the burgeoning Jewish film festival scene holds not only big box-office potential, but the possibility of moving unaffiliated Jews \”along the continuum of Jewish involvement.\”
Man With a Plan
December 12, 2002
Students from Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life gathered one night during the recent General Assembly of the Jewish federation system and confronted Richard Joel.
The students peppered Joel, Hillel\’s president and international director, with criticism that events during the United Jewish Communities\’ annual gathering had condescended to them.
Jewish Survey Missing Data
November 14, 2002
Stephen Hoffman said he only learned of the missing data Tuesday, one week before the information from the NJPS about Jewish identity and intermarriage was due to get released at the annual UJC gathering, which brings together much of the organized American Jewish world.
Censoring Mr. Spock
October 31, 2002
Naked women covered in … tallitot and tefillin? The black-and-white photographs in \”Shekhina\” (Umbrage Editions, $39.95) a new book by Leonard Nimoy — a.k.a. \”Star Trek\’s\” Mr. Spock — have ignited a debate in the Jewish community over art and censorship.
Findings Reveal Demographic Shift
October 10, 2002
This is the American Jewish world, by the numbers, as revealed in the just-released National Jewish Population Survey 2000-2001 (NJPS):
Population Study Poses New Challenges
October 10, 2002
America\’s Jewish population declined by 5 percent during the past 10 years, according to a new survey, a trend that is likely to continue given the community\’s aging population and low birth rates.
The New Portrait of U.S. Jewry
October 3, 2002
American Jews soon will see the fullest picture of their community ever developed.
Pro-Israel Ads Hit the Airwaves
October 3, 2002
Ads trumpeting Israeli democracy and the country\’s cultural and political similarities to America came to TV sets nationwide.
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