October 4, 2010

All-sports talk radio debuts in Israel

Jewish Journal October 4, 2010

Israel\’s first all-sports talk radio went on the air.

‘Glee’s’ Jewish character ‘Jew-Fro’: Offensive, but not anti-Semitic

Danielle Berrin October 4, 2010

South African museum to juxtapose Holocaust with Rwandan genocide

Jewish Journal October 4, 2010

At a South African Holocaust museum that plans to open late next year in Johannesburg, the Holocaust will be featured beside a more local genocide: the Rwandan violence of 1994.

Netanyahu trying to convince top ministers to extend settlement freeze

Jewish Journal October 4, 2010

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his forum of top ministers on Tuesday afternoon to debate extending Israel\’s moratorium on construction in West Bank settlements for 60 days.

Mairead Maguire deportation appeal denied

Jewish Journal October 4, 2010

Israel\’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by an Irish Nobel laureate who was refused entry to Israel because of her involvement in a Gaza-bound flotilla.

Op-Ed: Counting American Jewry

Jewish Journal October 4, 2010

In a translation that makes the complex seem simple, Anglo Jews call the fourth book of the Torah “Numbers.” Although counting and numbers play a role in the biblical account of our people’s story, the Hebrew name of this book — B\’midbar, or ”in the wilderness” — is a more apt descriptor of our physical and spiritual wandering in the desert.