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Letter from Jerusalem
Condolence visits are part of a rabbi\’s life, but no one ever taught us how to make nine visits in a 48-hour period. We arrived in Israel on the morning of Tuesday, March 11, and left Israel the following night. Our mission, representing the Rabbinical Council of America, was to express solidarity with the families of the victims of the terror attack at yeshivat Mercaz Harav, comfort the injured in the hospitals and visit the yeshiva.
Curacao shul offers venue with Caribbean flavor
Compared with the millennia of Jewish history, the scant few centuries of Jewish settlement in the Western Hemisphere is like a drop in the ocean those Jews had crossed from Europe. The history of the Jews in the American colonies is even shorter: more than 100 years before the Jews of Newport, R.I., built their synagogue (now the oldest continuously active synagogue in the United States), the Jewish community of the Caribbean island of Curacao had built theirs — Congregation Mikve Israel, which holds the record as the oldest synagogue in continuous use in the Western Hemisphere.
Nazi in the hot tub, free speech and radical Islam, Obama, Rove
Letters to the Editor.
Will Jews give Obama a chance?
Obama needs to tell his story about the Jewish community and Israel before his opponents tell their version. If he waits to respond to Clinton\’s charges, it may already be too late. He needs to discuss his experiences in Chicago\’s Jewish community, talk about his personal connections to Israel and provide reassurance in his own words.
‘Jewish Studies’ in vogue on California campuses
\”These are boom times for Jewish studies on campuses,\” said professor Sara R. Horowitz.
Ashkelon is the new front line in the war with Gaza
Practically overnight, life in this quiet coastal city has changed dramatically. Thirteen rockets landed in Ashkelon over the course of four days, and with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) having launched a ground invasion into Gaza over the weekend, shaken residents here suddenly find themselves in a war zone.
Israel weighs novel ideas to counter Hamas rockets
With Israel still facing Hamas rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip following the end of the army\’s limited ground operation there, the Israeli government is considering stronger follow-up measures.
From red alerts to the red carpet — a teen from Sderot speaks
Vitolda Nahshonov, 15, is one of 10 teens brought to Los Angeles from Sderot by the Israeli Leadership Club and the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles to share her story of what it\’s like to live under constant attack from Qassam rockets. What follows is an edited version of our conversation.
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