By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Nof Atamna-Ismaeel, an Arab woman with a PhD in marine microbiology, has won Israel’s highest honor for an amateur chef – the title of Master Chef. She still finds it hard to believe it’s really true. “The moment they announced it, I just startedContinue Reading
Eileen Goltz Special to JTNews I had the most interesting conversation with my neighbor’s 4-year-old granddaughter. She explained to me that during the seder at her grandfather’s house you find the afikomen, and then you eat chocolate because — according to the book Grandpa got her that’s all about aContinue Reading
By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent “A good divorce is better sometimes than trying to share the same house,” Stanley Wulf told his audience Sunday’s presentation on behalf of J Street’s nationwide “2 Campaign” initiative. Wulf spoke at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island as part of theContinue Reading
By Melanie Notkin, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — We had just closed our Haggadahs to begin the dinner portion of the Passover seder when the conversation abruptly, yet not surprisingly, turned to my singlehood. There is a curiosity to some about a single, childless woman in herContinue Reading
By Rabbi Elie Estrin, Chabad at the University of Washington A schoolchild approaches his father, who is deeply engrossed in his newspaper. The kid asks, “Dad, what’s the difference between ‘ignorance’ and ‘apathy?’” Responds the visibly annoyed father: “I don’t know and I don’t care!” That joke might be oldContinue Reading
By Norma Zager/JNS.org Those of the mindset that religions are inherently at war with one another must have a difficult time reconciling the friendship between the State of Israel and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Yet, in the real world, it makes perfect sense. Muslim countries that use Islam—aContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Jewish Sound Columnist Are you worried your kids might get bored during the seder? Here are 10 (plus one bonus) great things to do before and during the seder! 1. Pesach Jeopardy: On 20 different note cards, write down elements or aspects of the seder andContinue Reading
By Julie Wiener, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — This week, 73 North American rabbis will be missing something when they go to Shabbat services: their hair. As part of a campaign that raised more than $570,000 for pediatric cancer research, approximately 60 male and female rabbis voluntarilyContinue Reading
By Amy Hirshberg Lederman, Special to The Jewish Sound Ever since I can remember, I have been in a relationship with God. Despite growing up in a family of agnostics, I always believed in, and even felt, the presence of God in my world. My idea of God as aContinue Reading
By Rita Berman Frischer, Special to the Jewish Sound Seder in the Desert (Lerner Publishing) shares a new vision of holiday celebration written by Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold, founder and spiritual leader of The Adventure Rabbi: Synagogue Without Walls. Korngold lives in Boulder, Colo., with her husband, noted photographer JeffContinue Reading
Ann D. Koffsky Special to JTNews One morning King Pharaoh woke in his bed / There were frogs in his bed and frogs on his head / Frogs on his nose and frogs on his toes / Frogs here, frogs there, frogs were jumping everywhere! If you’ve been to anyContinue Reading
By Meryl Ain, The New York Jewish Week As a little girl, my mother took me to see “Marjorie Morningstar,” a movie about a Jewish girl played by Natalie Wood, who wants to follow an unconventional path in the late 1950s. When Marjorie’s Uncle Sampson, played by Ed Wynn, diedContinue Reading
Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org A Byzantine monastery with an intricate mosaic floor has been discovered in the northern part of Israel’s Negev Desert. The site was unearthed during preservation work by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) ahead of construction on a highway interchange. Dr. Daniel Varga, the IAA archaeologist whoContinue Reading
NEW YORK (JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States decreased by 19 percent in 2013, but physical assaults against Jews increased, according to the Anti-Defamation League. In its Annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, the ADL reported that there 751 incidents in 41 states and Washington, D.C.Continue Reading
A Spanish tortilla is nothing like a Mexican tortilla. In Spain, a tortilla is a thick potato and egg omelet. Tortilla is perfect for Passover because it is parve, and can be made well ahead and served cool or quickly rewarmed for an easy lunch or appetizer. The most commonContinue Reading
(JNS.org) As a result of the ongoing strike by Israeli Foreign Ministry workers, a shipping container filled with Passover for a planned 1,700-person seder in Katmandu, Nepal remains stuck in India. Rabbi Chezki and Chani Lifshitz, Chabad-Lubavitch representatives in Katmandu, described days of despair as they continue to wait forContinue Reading
Anthony Weiss, JTA LAS VEGAS (JTA) — The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Sin City, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty, combative tone at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference. According to organizers, some 400 people attended the gathering, where they were feted with pokerContinue Reading
Linda Gradstein/The Media Line It sounds like the plot of a thriller. Two antiquities thieves, carrying their stolen loot, meet a potential buyer at an Israeli checkpoint in the dead of night. The police arrest the thieves and the dealers, recovering the priceless antiquities. This scenario is exactly what happenedContinue Reading
(JTA) — The president of the student government at Chicago’s Loyola University vetoed an Israel divestment resolution that was passed twice. Pedro Guerrero, president of the Loyola United Student Government Association, on Tuesday rejected the measure that calls on the university to remove its holdings from eight companies that provideContinue Reading
We have undergone a complete redesign of our site that includes a new name and a new community calendar. Our online presence is now known as JewishSound.org. The site is faster, easier to navigate, and much easier to read. It’s also friendlier to smartphones and tablets, and includes calendar listingsContinue Reading
