Israeli security inspects some Arab visitors email accounts
Jewish Journal
June 5, 2012
Israel has begun inspecting emails of some Arab visitors and expelling those visitors who are deemed a threat to the country.
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Jews looked past worries to embrace Obama
Ron Kampeas, JTA
November 6, 2008
For months, polls showed Obama languishing at about 60 percent of the Jewish vote, a critical chunk short of the 75 percent or so Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) garnered in 2004. But exit polls from the Tuesday election showed Obama matching those results, garnering about 78 percent of the Jewish vote against 22 percent for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), his Republican rival.
Rabbis for Obama seen as a first in American politics; Michelle Obama’s rabbi cousin signs up
Jewish Journal
September 17, 2008
The grass-roots organization was formed when two Chicago-area rabbis came to the Democratic candidate\’s campaign wanting to help counter rumors that they feel have been spread about the senator
Dating today is a menage a tech
Jewish Journal
July 24, 2008
No more. The world has changed and so has dating. Today, when we date someone, it\’s no longer just the two of us. No. Now, it\’s always a threesome: you, him and that all-intrusive technology. It\’s what I call a \”Menage a Tech.\”
Bearing witness a world away from L.A.
Jewish Journal
November 2, 2007
Email excerpts from Janice Kamenir-Reznik and Tzivia Schwartz-Getzug of Jewish World Watch as they travel to Chad to assess the success of a program to provide refugees from Darfur with solar cookers.
Sins the Rabbis Left Out
Nancy Sokoler Steiner
September 16, 2004
The writers of the machzor were pretty comprehensive in listing the multitude of sins we commit as a community over the course of the year.
‘On_Line’ Takes Byte Out of Cyberspace
Naomi Pfefferman
June 19, 2003
\”I got hooked peering into the lives of strangers,\” said Jed Weintrob, a self-described Jewish \”techno geek.\” \”It was both calming and mind-blowing to log on and see Jenni on Jennicam.org who was also awake at 4:30 a.m., but in the end it was also kind of alienating…. You\’re watching this person do the most intimate things, yet you\’re never going to know them or touch them.\”
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