Obituaries
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
Gilda Ban died Nov. 9 at 83. Survived by daughter Julie; son Steven (Kimberly); sister Paula (Bernard) Cohen. Mount Sinai
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December 4, 2013
U.S., Israeli LGBT community leaders convene
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
In a first-ever seminar organized by Project Interchange, an educational institute of the American Jewish Committee (AJC), leaders of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities from the United States and Israel met recently to explore possible collaborations and share knowledge.
Encounters with the past: Parashat Vayigash (Genesis 44:18-47:27)
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
Why is this book club different from all other book clubs? I know this phrase is out of season, but the strange confluence of holidays this year permits some flexibility.
Educated women and children
Dennis Prager
December 4, 2013
On the Jewish Web site The Tablet, Michelle Goldberg, a senior contributing editor to The Nation, recently wrote: “In the United States, women tend to have fewer children the more education they have — those with advanced degrees have only 1.67 children each.
Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman: Israeli badass takes on the boys in ‘Batman vs. Superman’
Simone Wilson
December 4, 2013
Rabbis against balance
David Suissa
December 4, 2013
You can abuse people, and you can also abuse values. Take two great Jewish values: self-criticism and caring for the stranger. How would one abuse such values? By lifting them up at the expense of other great Jewish values — such as fairness and balance.
A conversation with David Menashri on Iran
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
Q: How do you see rapidly moving developments on the Iranian foreign policy front in terms of Iran’s relations with the rest of the world?
Iranian regime’s propaganda use of Jews would make Goebbels proud
Karmel Melamed
December 4, 2013
Two weeks ago, the Associated Press reported that roughly two dozen Iranian Jews took part in a “pro-nuclear rally” at the United Nations office in Tehran. The report indicated that the Iranian Jews held Torahs in their arms and also signs in Hebrew and English proclaiming their support for the Iranian regime’s nuclear ambitions.
After Geneva, Iran’s nuclear deal remains a conundrum
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
Last month’s nuclear deal with Iran has set off a cacophony of pro and con acrimony pitting public officials, academic experts and pundits against one another. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the interim accord a “historic mistake.”
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