Since four women became Jewish history\’s first yoatzot, or female halachic consultants, a few months ago, they have been flooded with nightly calls with questions regarding everything from the laws of family purity to the ethics of prenatal testing to infertility treatments.
The western world did headstands and cartwheels last week as Iranian election results indicated that \”reformers\” easily won seats in Iran\’s parliament.
If you closed your eyes and sat very still, you could almost feel history unfolding last week in Conference Room No. 1 at national United Jewish Appeal headquarters in New York.
Looking at our cover and our lead story by J.J. Goldberg, a stranger or even a casual reader is likely to assume that The Jewish Journal is a Republican Party newspaper.
Don\’t let the unfunny introduction to \”Haikus for Jews\” (Harmony Books, $11) fool you.
Earlier this week GOP presidential hopefuls John McCain and George Bush were speaking simultaneously on opposite coasts with seemingly opposite messages as they sought to drum up votes for the March 7 Super Tuesday primaries.
If the multitude of Jewish events are any indication, the holidays hit hard this season.
A few weeks ago, Gordon Davidson stood up in the Gershwin Theatre on New York\’s Broadway and, amidst the plaudits of his peers, was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame, in recognition of his lifetime achievement in the American theater.
Israel has decided to release the memoirs Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann wrote prior to his execution in Israel in 1962.
Joerg Haider\’s unexpected resignation as head of Austria\’s far-right Freedom Party is widely seen as a strategic ploy that may ultimately win him more political power — including the nation\’s leadership.
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