Hanging In
Thirty or so members of Generation X and I are taking a course at Brandeis University titled Politics and the Media.
Thirty or so members of Generation X and I are taking a course at Brandeis University titled Politics and the Media.
Anyone from the Western part of the United States aspiring to national Jewish leadership has \”got to be an 11 on a scale of one to 10,\” Burton Levinson says.
The latest round in the battle for Jerusalem is being waged not in the Middle East but in the Magic Kingdom.
In recognition of some of the year\’s bizarre antics from around the Jewish world, here\’s a gaggle of awards and observations.
This past October I found myself, along with four other North American Jewish journalists, flying business class — a wonderful way to fly — to Croatia on Lufthansa Airlines.
From the beginning, there were clear indications of the kind of year that lay ahead.
Reform and Conservative leaders — who have been lobbying for years to have their rabbis, institutions and practices recognized in the Jewish state — do not expect the government of Prime Minister Ehud Barak to usher in an era of change.
Israeli voters go to the polls on May 17 in what could be the most critical election in the young nation\’s history.
For the first time ever, an Arab citizen of Israel is running for prime minister. He is first-term Knesset member Azmi Bishara, one of the leading intellectuals in the Arab world, and one of the most provocative politicians of any ethnicity in Israel.
Israelis are divided over NATO\’s military campaign against Serbia — and opinions and policy are being informed as much by history and the Holocaust as by current political realities.