Genocide 2.0
Rob Eshman
May 2, 2008
In Washington and abroad, longstanding Jewish organizations added their voices of protest against the genocide in Darfur.\n\nBut guess what: It\’s not enough.\n
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May 2, 2008
We don’t need more gabfests on diversity
David A. Lehrer and Joe R. Hicks
May 2, 2008
Our communities\’ leadership has to absorb the reality that the next generation of open-minded young people sees diversity as a plus, not as a burden to be overcome.
Organize now against oppression in Burma
Dan Adler
May 2, 2008
The U.S. Campaign for Burma puts together an internet and television campaign, with the hope that their messages will reach not only millions of Americans but also the rank-and-file soldiers in Burma, who may not even realize how closely the world is looking at the atrocities many of them are carrying out.
Israelis are not in a partying mood
Dina Kraft
May 2, 2008
Israel is turning 60, but few here in the Jewish State seem in the mood to crack open the champagne.
Israelis are still gloomy about the country\’s perceived failures in the 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and every day brings fresh reminders that no solution has been found for the growing problem of cross-border rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
Egypt-born Arab-American woman fights Islamic culture of hate
Ayala Or-El
May 2, 2008
Before Sept. 11, 2001, Nonie Darwish led the quiet life of a suburbanite with three kids, a husband and a dog. But that all changed when Darwish, just returned from a trip to Egypt the day before, discovered that one of the terrorists responsible for the attacks on the United States was Muhammad Atta, an Egyptian from Cairo, her hometown.
When challah becomes the bread of affliction
Adam Wills
May 2, 2008
Rabbi Marvin Hier fondly recalls bakery-fresh buns and muffins in his lunch when he attended yeshiva. He also admits to a penchant for challah.
Hier hasn\’t eaten challah, let alone matzah, in several years. But this bread-free existence isn\’t part of some Passover-inspired, Atkins-style diet. The founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center was diagnosed with celiac disease (CD) more than four years ago.
Table for none?
Amy Klein
May 2, 2008
In December 2006, the Prime Grill, a branch of the popular New York kosher steakhouse, opened its doors in Beverly Hills promising a new experience in kosher dining. But little more than a year after it opened, rumors spread that the luxurious restaurant on Rodeo Drive was about to close.
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