Category Archives: Diaspora Affairs
Does this dog have a Jewish mother?
Seems a little over protective, no?
Tisha B’av: When basketball meant something
If you follow the Jewish calendar we are currently in the midst of the “three weeks,” a period commemorating tragedies, which befell the Jewish People throughout Jewish history. Of those calamities the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the sacking of the city by the Romans in 70 A.D takes center stage on Tisha B’av, [...]
An American perspective
Look to American Jewry for inspiration in bridging the religious-secular divide, historian Prof. Jonathan Sarna tells ‘In Jerusalem’ upon finishing a year in the city. click here for original posting By Amihai Zippor (Jerusalem Post) Recalling a 1965 visit to Israel as a youngster, leading scholar of American Jewish history and Brandeis University professor Jonathan [...]
A Candidate for Congress Finds Inspiration In Jewish Roots
Read about it here click here for original post BY Amihai Zippor – Chicago, IL (lubavitch.com) Joel Pollak, the Republican nominee for Chicago’s 9th district, is thinking big. As a conservative candidate who once fought for a leftist agenda, he believes the country is headed in the wrong direction on core issues. Among his concerns: fighting terrorism, [...]
Learning experience
Rabbi Chaim Brovender, a pioneer in women’s Torah study, sets his sights on an on-line yeshiva. click here for original posting By Amihai Zippor On the night of October 5, 2000, at the outset of the second intifada, Rabbi Chaim Brovender, the founder of Yeshivat Hamivtar in Efrat, was traveling along the Tunnel Road connecting Gush [...]
Flying With Friendly Spies
Coming and going from Israel can be just as much an experience as being in Israel and when I recently was about to land in New York after flying across the Atlantic from the Jewish State, my neighbor to my right and I decided to finally open a conversation. I had slept most of the [...]
91st Commemoration of Armenian Genocide Held at Hebrew University
91st Commemoration of Armenian Genocide Held at Hebrew University Jews, Armenians Both Feel Need For Israel To Be At Forefront Of Recognition The Hebrew University in Israel held its commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at its Givat Ram Campus in Jerusalem on Wednesday 26 April 2006 with some 200 people in attendance. The annual event, [...]
People I’d like to Meet: George W Bush
George W fascinates me and its not a political thing at all. He’s got an extremely interesting persona and while he’s probably a lot smarter than people made him out to be I can imagine he liked being perceived as the dumb-whit bozo. Let’s face it; he’s nothing like his broccoli hating father and he [...]