October 30, 2008

TV station cancels program featuring Hitler’s ‘favorite dish’

Jewish Journal October 30, 2008

A Belgian television show set to prepare Adolf Hitler\’s favorite meal on the air has been canceled

True confessions of an online dating addict #13: Jeremy looks like someone I met offline — normal

Amy Klein October 30, 2008

In Israel, cutting edge help for visually impaired kids

Jewish Journal October 30, 2008

Strolling among the young children playing on ELIYA\’s vibrant and colorful campus in Petah Tikva, just outside Tel Aviv, feels, for an instant, like a visit to any well-run preschool. But ELIYA is that and more — a preschool for blind and visually impaired children designed to assist their growth and development through programs ranging from classroom teaching to hydrotherapy.

Briefs: Olmert indictment soon, Gaza boat will be blocked, Israel says ‘no’ to Cat Stevens

Jewish Journal October 30, 2008

An indictment in a fraud case could be filed against Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert within days, according to police sources.

Hirsi Ali, critic of Islam, honored for courage

Tom Tugend October 30, 2008

A tall African-born woman, raised a devout Muslim but now one of Islam\’s sharpest critics, last week calmly dismantled some of the favorite shibboleths of American liberalism.

Briefs: Questions women can’t ask the rabbi, cartoon Torah, parking tickets, Latino Sukkot

Jewish Journal October 30, 2008

Asking your rabbi a question about your period or your sex life might seem odd, but couples who observe the laws of family purity — where they refrain from sexual contact during and after a woman\’s menstrual cycle — occasionally need to provide intimate details to male rabbis.