It was a case that transfixed the pro-Israel community: the arrest in August 2005 on espionage charges of two senior officials at the most influential pro-Israel group in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
A nationwide staffing company settled a lawsuit filed on behalf of two Jewish employees who were subjected to religious discrimination.\n\nThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had sued Texas-based Administaff, Inc., which provides human resource teams for small- to medium-sized companies, and Conn-X, a Florida-based cable service provider, after brothers Scott and Joey Jacobson were harassed for approximately two years at the Conn-X office in Edgewood, Md.\n
Can the history of a nation be told through its music? If that nation has only been around for about 60 years, it\’s conceivable.
… I am speaking here tonight as a person whose love for the land is overwhelming and complex, and yet it is unequivocal, and as one whose continuous covenant with the land has turned his personal calamity into a covenant of blood.
As the Cherry Blossom Festival kicks off on March 26, the spring weather descending on Washington, D.C., makes it great for walking among the cherry-inspired events throughout the nation\’s capital. And one neighborhood ripe for a stroll during a D.C. weekend getaway is prestigious Georgetown.
Namotu is a little speck of an atoll barely three acres in area, about the size of a typical shopping center. It\’s part of the South Pacific island nation of Fiji, and it\’s where my group of surfing lawyers decided to spend our annual legal seminar/surf trip last year.
One of the purposes of the Passover seder is to teach our children the story of how the Jewish people came to be. Passover is a history lesson taught not by impersonal teachers in a sterile classroom, but by our families seated around the dining room table. When done correctly, the Passover seder should instill a sense of pride. Because with knowing who we are, we should feel proud to be Jews.
Passover commemorates the departure of the Jewish people from Egypt some 3,000 years ago and marks the birth of a nation. This is as much a celebration of our spiritual freedom as it is a jubilation of our physical liberation from slavery.
The groundswell of emotion in response to Ilan Ramon\’s death has not only been a great inspiration for American Jews, it also has helped strengthen the bond Americans feel for Israel.
\”It\’s a state of mourning for the whole nation. Our school is no different,\” said Joseph \”J.P.\” Schwarcz, 18, a Yeshiva University freshmanin New York.
At the same time, Schwarcz was quick to note the distinct status of Israel\’s representative on board, Ramon, as a role model for Jews.
\”Throughout the whole week, our deans have come into our class and discussed with us how we should be just like Ilan Ramon,\” he said.
In mourning the tragic flight of the whole Columbia crew, Jews across America are especially touched by the loss of Ramon. Whether Jews saw him as pioneer or peacemaker, most saw him as the best of the Jewish people.
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