When Benedict XVI pays his respects at Manhattan’s Park East Synagogue on April 18, it will be the first visit by any pope to an American synagogue. read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
A few months ago, Israeli police planning a sting were hard-pressed to find a convincing small-time dealer who could buy large quantities of drugs wi read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Israel’s restive religious parties exploded in fury last week after a court gave an apparent carte blanche to shops and restaurants to sell bread and read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
In the first effort to methodically calculate the amount lost by Jews who fled Arab countries after the creation of Israel, a Holocaust restitution e read more »
1 Comment   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
Former president Jimmy Carter’s plan to meet with the exiled leader of Hamas in Damascus is drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike. A read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
A shofar blast is not the traditional opening of a Passover Seder. Neither is an invocational prayer to Jesus. But Christ Our Passover is no ordinary read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
More than a thousand leading politicians, scholars and scientists from around the world are set to convene in Jerusalem next month with the lofty goa read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury
When Philadelphia-based Rabbi Leonard Gordon wanted to learn more about presidential contender Barack Obama in advance of Pennsylvania’s upcoming pri read more »
Discuss   Add this link to...  Tell a friend   Bury