http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/calling-all-artists-1328805609/ http://www.jewpi.com/calling-all-artists-1328805609/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/calling-all-artists-1328805609/ The Jewish Exponent seeks proposals from artists, preferably local, to design cover art for the Jewish Exponent’s special 125th anniversary edition, which will focus on Jewish Philadelphia through the ages and the Exponent’s role. The issu… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/gay-forum-features-israel-1328805135/ http://www.jewpi.com/gay-forum-features-israel-1328805135/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/gay-forum-features-israel-1328805135/ About a dozen Israeli entertainers and leaders, including Michael Oren, Israel’s U.S. ambassador, will fly to Philadelphia in May to represent their country at the Equality Forum, a weekend-long summit promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and t… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/equality-forum-features-israel-1328754128/ http://www.jewpi.com/equality-forum-features-israel-1328754128/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:22:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/equality-forum-features-israel-1328754128/ About a dozen Israeli entertainers and leaders, including Michael Oren, Israel’s U.S. ambassador, will fly to Philadelphia in May to represent their country at the Equality Forum, a weekend-long summit promoting lesbian, gay, bisexual and t… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/nuts-for-doughnuts-1328753408/ http://www.jewpi.com/nuts-for-doughnuts-1328753408/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:10:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/nuts-for-doughnuts-1328753408/ If a doughnut-eating contest came to Philly, Zach Engel would surely have an edge. Engel taste-tests up to 40 of the fried sweets every week — a perk or health hazard of his job as the managing chef at the newly opened Federal Donuts, dep… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/poll-suggests-jewish-shift-to-gop-1328752816/ http://www.jewpi.com/poll-suggests-jewish-shift-to-gop-1328752816/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:00:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/poll-suggests-jewish-shift-to-gop-1328752816/ Washington (JTA) — A survey has suggested a shift toward Republicans in party identification among Jews. The survey, published Feb. 2 by the Pew Forum on Religion and Life, showed an overall shift to the GOP among various religious groups… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/birth-control-debate-1328752209/ http://www.jewpi.com/birth-control-debate-1328752209/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:50:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/birth-control-debate-1328752209/ WASHINGTON Birth control is rapidly gaining steam as an election-year wedge issue, with Jewish advocates lobbying out front and behind the scenes in what is shaping up as a clash between calls for individual freedom and religious liberty…. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-reorientation-1328751620/ http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-reorientation-1328751620/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:40:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-reorientation-1328751620/ Mati Wagner Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM Is Hamas trying to change its stripes? Terrorist attacks against Israelis appear to be on pause, and rocket fire from Gaza is down significantly. The Hamas leader in Damascus, Khaled Mesha… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-bds-aftermath-1328751132/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-bds-aftermath-1328751132/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:32:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-bds-aftermath-1328751132/ Did the National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference at the University of Pennsylvania over the weekend backfire for organizers and illustrate the strength of the pro-Israel community on campus? Or did BDS speakers like Electronic… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/clarification-1328750412/ http://www.jewpi.com/clarification-1328750412/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:20:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/clarification-1328750412/ The Jan. 11 City & Suburb story, “Jewish Book Awards Have Two Local Ties,” inadvertently failed to mention University of Pennsylvania professor Tayla Fishman as one of the winners. Her book Becoming the People of the Talmud: Oral Torah… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/deaf-child-not-your-typical-bat-mitzvah-1328749931/ http://www.jewpi.com/deaf-child-not-your-typical-bat-mitzvah-1328749931/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:12:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/deaf-child-not-your-typical-bat-mitzvah-1328749931/ Jessica Leader Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK This wasn’t your typical Bat Mitzvah. It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a majority Muslim country with a Jewish community that is thought to number in the double digits. The Bat Mitz… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/art-space-of-their-own-1328749330/ http://www.jewpi.com/art-space-of-their-own-1328749330/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:02:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/art-space-of-their-own-1328749330/ After a year and a half of running programs out of rented space at Center City universities, Chabad House for Students of the Arts is opening its own exhibition and programming space on South Street. Dubbed the Kugel Collaborative, the gal… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/pondering-presidential-choices-1328748619/ http://www.jewpi.com/pondering-presidential-choices-1328748619/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:50:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/pondering-presidential-choices-1328748619/ As President Barack Obama seeks re-election and the GOP looks to make inroads among Jews, the Jewish vote is going to be held up to a microscope, with any potential swing analyzed and scrutinized. But is it going too far to look at… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bevilacqua-devoted-to-interfaith-relations-1328748007/ http://www.jewpi.com/bevilacqua-devoted-to-interfaith-relations-1328748007/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:40:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bevilacqua-devoted-to-interfaith-relations-1328748007/ As Catholics mourn the passing of Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua — and debate his handling of the priest sex-abuse scandal, which broke under his watch — some longtime Jewish leaders are remembering him as a leader committed to improving Cat… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-pleads-guilty-1328743214/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-pleads-guilty-1328743214/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:20:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-indiana-jones-pleads-guilty-1328743214/ Balitmore (JTA) — Rabbi Menachem Youlus, who was dubbed the ” Jewish Indiana Jones” for his remarkable tales of rescuing Holocaust -era Torah scrolls, pleaded guilty to fraud. Youlus’ accounts turned out to be contradicted by historical evidence, … Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/holocaust-symposium-teaches-tolerance-respect-1328742504/ http://www.jewpi.com/holocaust-symposium-teaches-tolerance-respect-1328742504/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:24 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/holocaust-symposium-teaches-tolerance-respect-1328742504/ This is why Sister Kreipe is so proud that the Archdiocese has collaborated with the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia to present the annual Youth Symposium on the Holocaust . “It is critical for young people, surrounded by their peers and … Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dershowitz-strikes-back-1328308690/ http://www.jewpi.com/dershowitz-strikes-back-1328308690/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dershowitz-strikes-back-1328308690/ A day before the National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Conference was set to begin at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz called Penn the “model campus” when it comes to pro-Israel activism…. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bds-bars-exponent-1328301023/ http://www.jewpi.com/bds-bars-exponent-1328301023/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:30:23 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bds-bars-exponent-1328301023/ Jewish Exponent Staff Organizers of this weekend’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference at the University of Pennsylvania have revoked the press credentials of the Jewish Exponent. Organizers accused the Exponent of engaging in “po… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bds-bans-exponent-1328294298/ http://www.jewpi.com/bds-bans-exponent-1328294298/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:38:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bds-bans-exponent-1328294298/ Jewish Exponent Staff Organizers of this weekend’s Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference at the University of Pennsylvania have revoked the press credentials of the Jewish Exponent. Organizers accused the Exponent of engaging in “po… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/calling-all-artists-1328241020/ http://www.jewpi.com/calling-all-artists-1328241020/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:50:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/calling-all-artists-1328241020/ The Jewish Exponent seeks proposals from artists, preferably local, to design cover art for the Jewish Exponent’s special 125th anniversary edition, which will focus on Jewish Philadelphia through the ages and the Exponent’s role. The issu… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/going-out-on-a-limb-on-tu-bshevat-1328157020/ http://www.jewpi.com/going-out-on-a-limb-on-tu-bshevat-1328157020/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:30:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/going-out-on-a-limb-on-tu-bshevat-1328157020/ Yoni Stadlin does more than just talk about honoring trees on Tu B’Shevat — he devotes vacations to “speak” for them. A month ago, the 33-year-old Bala Cynwyd native flew to Northern California for his fifth stake-out high in the boughs of… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bds-reveals-its-real-agenda-1328156547/ http://www.jewpi.com/bds-reveals-its-real-agenda-1328156547/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:22:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bds-reveals-its-real-agenda-1328156547/ A controversial online video promoting this weekend’s National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference at the University of Pennsylvania was pulled by organizers at the height of their effort to advance their agenda targeting Israel…. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/at-tu-bshevat-seders-were-partners-with-god-in-seeing-the-literal-fruit-1328155950/ http://www.jewpi.com/at-tu-bshevat-seders-were-partners-with-god-in-seeing-the-literal-fruit-1328155950/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:12:30 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/at-tu-bshevat-seders-were-partners-with-god-in-seeing-the-literal-fruit-1328155950/ As a child, Eric Goldberg remembers planting trees in plastic cups and attending mini-seders as part of religious school lessons on Tu B’Shevat. Now a rabbi at the same childhood synagogue, Shir Ami-Bucks County Jewish Congregation, Goldbe… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/new-thinking-on-dealing-with-trauma-1328155339/ http://www.jewpi.com/new-thinking-on-dealing-with-trauma-1328155339/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:02:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/new-thinking-on-dealing-with-trauma-1328155339/ When it comes to the Holocaust, certain stereotypes about survivors persisted for decades after World War II. It was believed, for example, that in order for survivors to begin a new life, they had to suppress their memories of the war year… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jews-take-sides-on-the-particularly-fractious-fracking-debate-1328154730/ http://www.jewpi.com/jews-take-sides-on-the-particularly-fractious-fracking-debate-1328154730/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:52:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jews-take-sides-on-the-particularly-fractious-fracking-debate-1328154730/ NEW YORK To frack or not to frack? As concerns mount over the environmental and public health consequences of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, Jewish groups are coalescing around a strategy that supports efforts to extract natural… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/photos-rooted-in-an-artistic-tradition-1328154037/ http://www.jewpi.com/photos-rooted-in-an-artistic-tradition-1328154037/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:40:37 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/photos-rooted-in-an-artistic-tradition-1328154037/ Over the past decade, Israeli artist Tal Shochat has scoured her homeland for the perfect cypress, plum, palm and other particular trees. Even after settling on an ideal specimen, she often waited patiently until the plant dripped with lus… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/iran-and-nukes-a-heat-seeking-issue-1328153524/ http://www.jewpi.com/iran-and-nukes-a-heat-seeking-issue-1328153524/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:32:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/iran-and-nukes-a-heat-seeking-issue-1328153524/ Washington Israel, the United States and Iran have all gone deep into mixed-signals territory. Conversations with Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, left one prominent journalist convinced that Israel will strike Ira… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/going-into-the-family-business-coaching-1328152946/ http://www.jewpi.com/going-into-the-family-business-coaching-1328152946/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:22:26 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/going-into-the-family-business-coaching-1328152946/ Why do some children follow in their parents’ footsteps and others seek a totally different path? James “Jamie” Chadwin, head men’s basketball coach at Immaculata University in Chester County, hasn’t thought much about that question. Co… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/statement-concerning-the-bds-conference-held-at-university-of-pennsylvania-by-members-of-the-1328138525/ http://www.jewpi.com/statement-concerning-the-bds-conference-held-at-university-of-pennsylvania-by-members-of-the-1328138525/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:22:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/statement-concerning-the-bds-conference-held-at-university-of-pennsylvania-by-members-of-the-1328138525/ We, the undersigned members of the interfaith community are extremely troubled by the national BDS conference (Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel) that will be held in Philadelphia, this February, at the University of Pennsy… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-missions-on-high-alert-1327552812/ http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-missions-on-high-alert-1327552812/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:40:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israeli-missions-on-high-alert-1327552812/ The Israeli Consulate in Philadelphia was one of several missions in the United States and Europe that received envelopes containing white powder this week. In response, Israeli embassies and consulates around the world raised their alert… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/survivors-group-lauds-germany-1327551985/ http://www.jewpi.com/survivors-group-lauds-germany-1327551985/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:26:25 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/survivors-group-lauds-germany-1327551985/ New York (JTA) — A U.S.-based group of Holocaust survivors is commending Germany on its determination to fight “deep-rooted” anti-Semitism at home. The American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants in a statement issued… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/kosher-food-debuts-at-u-s-ski-resort-1327551627/ http://www.jewpi.com/kosher-food-debuts-at-u-s-ski-resort-1327551627/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:20:27 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/kosher-food-debuts-at-u-s-ski-resort-1327551627/ PARK CITY, Utah (JTA) — Kosher food isn’t something one associates with ski resorts, and Utah isn’t a place known for its Jewish population. But after Canyons, the state’s largest ski resort, opened the nation’s first ski-area, glatt koshe… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/trying-potluck-for-shabbat-1327550889/ http://www.jewpi.com/trying-potluck-for-shabbat-1327550889/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:08:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/trying-potluck-for-shabbat-1327550889/ Bitter cold air swept into Moishe House on a recent Friday evening as 23-year-old Deborah Shroder hobbled through the front door on crutches, somehow managing to climb the steps to the living room on her knees while carrying a sack of cooki… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/some-filipinos-do-fit-in-but-not-without-strain-1327550285/ http://www.jewpi.com/some-filipinos-do-fit-in-but-not-without-strain-1327550285/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:58:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/some-filipinos-do-fit-in-but-not-without-strain-1327550285/ Mati Wagner Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv With eyes closed, it would have been difficult to guess that the female voice with the amazing range singing a Hebrew classic was a shy-looking, 11-year-old Filipina. Kathleen Eligado, the… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/at-sundance-view-of-israel-ranges-from-critical-to-abysmal-1327549688/ http://www.jewpi.com/at-sundance-view-of-israel-ranges-from-critical-to-abysmal-1327549688/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:48:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/at-sundance-view-of-israel-ranges-from-critical-to-abysmal-1327549688/ Matthew Weinstein Jewish Telegraphic Agency PARK CITY, Utah For Israel fans, it’s all pain and anguish this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Unlike in years past at America’s top independent film fest, when feature films exploring th… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jcc-honored-for-meals-on-wheels-1327548971/ http://www.jewpi.com/jcc-honored-for-meals-on-wheels-1327548971/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:36:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jcc-honored-for-meals-on-wheels-1327548971/ Volunteers for the Klein JCC’s Kosher Meals on Wheels Program last week were recognized with a special citation from the Pennsylvania General Assembly. More than 600 people volunteer each year to prepare, cook and deliver meals to about 50… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/local-group-gets-behind-president-on-health-care-1327548728/ http://www.jewpi.com/local-group-gets-behind-president-on-health-care-1327548728/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:32:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/local-group-gets-behind-president-on-health-care-1327548728/ A local Jewish group has weighed in on the side of the Obama administration in the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case that will examine the constitutionality of the landmark 2010 health care law. The Jewish Social Policy Action Network — a… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/oscar-nods-to-israel-allen-spielberg-1327548023/ http://www.jewpi.com/oscar-nods-to-israel-allen-spielberg-1327548023/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:20:23 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/oscar-nods-to-israel-allen-spielberg-1327548023/ Los Angeles (JTA) — The Israeli film Footnote and veteran Jewish filmmakers Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg are up for Academy Awards. Israel’s hope for its first Oscar was kept alive with Joseph Cedar’s Footnote, listed among the five f… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/local-school-leaders-visit-israeli-village-devoted-to-at-risk-youth-1327547526/ http://www.jewpi.com/local-school-leaders-visit-israeli-village-devoted-to-at-risk-youth-1327547526/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:12:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/local-school-leaders-visit-israeli-village-devoted-to-at-risk-youth-1327547526/ As leaders of two Philadelphia schools for kids who struggle with poverty or foster care, Gabriel Kuriloff and Autumn Graves face extra obstacles as educators. Beyond academics, they aim to make a lasting impact on students who often have… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-housing-outpost-in-elkins-park-1327546811/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-housing-outpost-in-elkins-park-1327546811/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:00:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-housing-outpost-in-elkins-park-1327546811/ When Shirley Cohen, 91, became the first tenant to move into the Samuel A. Green House in Elkins Park back in October, the $20 million property built to house low-income seniors was something of a construction zone. Federation Housing’s… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/sundance-takes-some-jewish-steps-1327546324/ http://www.jewpi.com/sundance-takes-some-jewish-steps-1327546324/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:52:04 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/sundance-takes-some-jewish-steps-1327546324/ Matthew Weinstein Jewish Telegraphic Agency PARK CITY, Utah Call it the Sundance Synaplex. This week, crowds of people are flocking several times a day to Temple Har Shalom in this picturesque ski town, but they aren’t coming for Shacha… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/south-philly-synagogue-opens-doors-to-cutting-edge-contemporary-art-1326951012/ http://www.jewpi.com/south-philly-synagogue-opens-doors-to-cutting-edge-contemporary-art-1326951012/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:30:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/south-philly-synagogue-opens-doors-to-cutting-edge-contemporary-art-1326951012/ “There’s a feeling that this is the next Brooklyn,” Saul Sudin said, gesturing to the South Philadelphia neighborhood right outside Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron Ezras Israel. Faced with the depressed urban scene surrounding the shul, one… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/journalist-takes-leap-into-israels-political-fray-1326950646/ http://www.jewpi.com/journalist-takes-leap-into-israels-political-fray-1326950646/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:24:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/journalist-takes-leap-into-israels-political-fray-1326950646/ Linda Gradstein Jewish Telegraphic Agency Jerusalem One of the big open questions after Israel’s social protests last summer was whether or not the one-time mass movement would be able to translate its clout into lasting political power…. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/anxiety-after-attacks-1326949700/ http://www.jewpi.com/anxiety-after-attacks-1326949700/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:08:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/anxiety-after-attacks-1326949700/ Jessica Leader Jewish Telegraphic Agency New York As Jews in some northern New Jersey communities made their way to synagogue last Shabbat, the scene was slightly different from the typical day of rest. Extra police cars were on p… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-mock-votes-are-in-1326949208/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-mock-votes-are-in-1326949208/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:00:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-mock-votes-are-in-1326949208/ Avi Romanoff spent months preparing to play the role of former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman in a mock school primary. Role playing: (From left) Brett Krasner as Rick Perry, Daniel Horowitz as Newt Gingrich, Joshua Horowitz as Mitt Romney, Ya… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/all-aces-in-brazil-1326948609/ http://www.jewpi.com/all-aces-in-brazil-1326948609/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:50:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/all-aces-in-brazil-1326948609/ America’s top male tennis pros have struggled on red clay, a surface that can cause even surefooted players to stumble, tending to reward patience and endurance, not power and aggression. Hard-serving Andy Roddick, for example, the best Am… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/countering-bds-with-dershowitz-and-dinners-1326948249/ http://www.jewpi.com/countering-bds-with-dershowitz-and-dinners-1326948249/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:44:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/countering-bds-with-dershowitz-and-dinners-1326948249/ A week into the semester, University of Pennsylvania students have begun organizing a grass-roots Shabbat dinner program and, with support from the larger Jewish community, a public lecture from Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz as a r… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/anti-missile-delay-raises-questions-1326947526/ http://www.jewpi.com/anti-missile-delay-raises-questions-1326947526/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:32:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/anti-missile-delay-raises-questions-1326947526/ Washington · Analysis The decision by Israel and the United States to delay a massive joint anti-missile exercise has set off a frenzy of speculation as to what the move says about relations between the two allies amid mounting te… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/remembering-an-icon-1326946926/ http://www.jewpi.com/remembering-an-icon-1326946926/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:22:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/remembering-an-icon-1326946926/ As a young father, Rabbi J. Harold Romirowsky used to buy day-old goods from the local bakeries and secretly leave them at the doors of families who needed help. Over more than four decades at the helm of his Conservative synagogue in Nort… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/from-i-95-to-eye-on-successful-art-1326353650/ http://www.jewpi.com/from-i-95-to-eye-on-successful-art-1326353650/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:34:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/from-i-95-to-eye-on-successful-art-1326353650/ In the fall of 2001, South Philadelphia photographer Zoe Strauss first displayed a series of images on concrete columns beneath a vacant, elevated section of I-95. Then 31 years old, she lacked formal training, hadn’t attended college and h… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hail-to-the-chief-of-staff-1326352699/ http://www.jewpi.com/hail-to-the-chief-of-staff-1326352699/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:18:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hail-to-the-chief-of-staff-1326352699/ Washington With this week’s appointment of Jack Lew as President Barack Obama’s new chief of staff, the Jewish community now has a new go-to person in the White House. At the Orthodox Union’s June 2011 leadership mission to Washington,… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/joining-black-jewish-voices-1326351849/ http://www.jewpi.com/joining-black-jewish-voices-1326351849/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:04:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/joining-black-jewish-voices-1326351849/ Between raising two young boys in Merion Station and working as an organizational consultant, Lisa Kollisch Gottesman said she never had time to keep up her former involvement in choral singing. Members of the Unity Choir rehearse for an… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/groups-oppose-move-on-food-stamps-1326351485/ http://www.jewpi.com/groups-oppose-move-on-food-stamps-1326351485/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:58:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/groups-oppose-move-on-food-stamps-1326351485/ A number of Jewish groups are opposing a recent decision by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to reinstitute an “asset test” for those relying on food stamps — meaning that many individuals with some money in the bank may no lo… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/nearly-700-rockets-hit-israel-in-2011-1326351251/ http://www.jewpi.com/nearly-700-rockets-hit-israel-in-2011-1326351251/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:54:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/nearly-700-rockets-hit-israel-in-2011-1326351251/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 680 rockets, mortars and long-range missiles were fired at southern Israel in 2011, according to the Israeli military. On Jan. 5, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman released the figures compiled by the Home Front Co… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/area-woman-aids-attacked-ugandan-minister-1326350406/ http://www.jewpi.com/area-woman-aids-attacked-ugandan-minister-1326350406/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:40:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/area-woman-aids-attacked-ugandan-minister-1326350406/ An evangelical pastor from Uganda who recently began preaching support for Israel is being treated in an Israeli hospital after he was attacked with acid in the capital of the central African nation. A Main Line woman helped the pastor get… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-inmate-files-lawsuit-1326349930/ http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-inmate-files-lawsuit-1326349930/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:32:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jewish-inmate-files-lawsuit-1326349930/ NEW YORK (JTA) — A Jewish prison inmate has filed a complaint alleging that the Nevada Department of Corrections is refusing to serve him kosher meals. It is the second time that Howard Ackerman has taken legal action to ensure that he re… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/can-santorum-win-jewish-backing-1326349211/ http://www.jewpi.com/can-santorum-win-jewish-backing-1326349211/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:20:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/can-santorum-win-jewish-backing-1326349211/ Rick Santorum’s near-win in Iowa has bolstered his national profile but he may have his work cut out for him in attracting Jewish support. Pro-Israel insiders say the Santorum campaign is now aggressively reaching out to Jewish givers who… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/knesset-approves-holocaust-bill-1326348611/ http://www.jewpi.com/knesset-approves-holocaust-bill-1326348611/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:10:11 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/knesset-approves-holocaust-bill-1326348611/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee has approved a measure that would prohibit the use of Holocaust and Nazi terms and symbols. The Ministerial Legislation Committee on Monday approved the bill, which would level a fine of up to $26,000… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/israel-hackers-are-terrorists-1326348126/ http://www.jewpi.com/israel-hackers-are-terrorists-1326348126/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:02:06 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/israel-hackers-are-terrorists-1326348126/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — An attack on Israeli credit card records is akin to a terrorist attack, Israeli leaders said after hackers published credit card details of thousands of Israelis. A hacker, who belongs to the Saudi-based group XP and has… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/buchanan-may-be-leaving-msnbc-1326347420/ http://www.jewpi.com/buchanan-may-be-leaving-msnbc-1326347420/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:50:20 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/buchanan-may-be-leaving-msnbc-1326347420/ NEW YORK (JTA) — Patrick Buchanan may lose his job as an MSNBC commentator because of statements in his new book that have been called racist and anti-Semitic. MSNBC President Phil Griffin told The New York Times over the weekend that bec… Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/olmert-indicted-in-holyland-scandal-1326346816/ http://www.jewpi.com/olmert-indicted-in-holyland-scandal-1326346816/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:40:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/olmert-indicted-in-holyland-scandal-1326346816/ JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been indicted on bribery charges in one of Israel’s largest corruption scandals. The indictment filed Jan. 5 accuses Olmert of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in b… Read More »]]> 0