After years of worrying about the threat posed by Muslim terrorists, is the recent shooting attack on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum — coming soon after the murder of prominent abortion doctor George Tiller — a signal that the Jewish community should be ratcheting up its concern about right-wing extremism?
Dennis Ross will be moving from the State Department to the White House.
To rephrase the opening line of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”: It is a truth universally acknowledged — especially by Jewish mothers — that a Jewish single man in possession of a good fortune and over the age of 35 must be in want of a wife … who is in her 20s.
Bridal magazines and Web sites like TheKnot.com and WeddingChannel.com overflow with designer dresses, couture cakes, haute honeymoon destinations and dreamy reception ideas. But even the best-organized bride will tell you there is so much more to consider when planning a Jewish wedding — from picking the challah to contemplating a dip in the mikveh (ritual bath).
I recently had the privilege of listening to Rabbi Arik Ascherman, an American-born Israeli rabbi who, often at great physical risk to himself, advocates for others through the organization Rabbis for Human Rights.
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