AndrewRuth Messinger, the president of AJWS, asked to see me about a column I had written about her speech to graduates of the Jewish Theological Seminary. In the speech, Messinger urged the seminary graduates to apply their Jewish learning “to help those most in need, both at home and abroad.” My column, I thought, was mostly admiring of her call to action, although toward the end I suggested she had gone too far in favoring universal (okay, non-Jewish) causes over challenges closer to home.
It was the last point that she thought needed clarification.Read More
A multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll.
Judge Denny Chin’s judgment does not close the book on the Madoff affair, not by a long shot, not so long as the victims remain uncompensated and not until his co-conspirators and enablers have been identified and brought to justice. It also doesn’t bring to an end the soul-searching within the Jewish community that is essential. Read More
Hukat-Balak
Numbers 19:1-25:9Read More
11th of Tamuz, 5769
July 3, 2009 | 8:15 p.m.
A Multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll.
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July 2, 2009
Bathing suit? Check. Bug spray? Got it. Swine flu examination? Get in line. Summer camps got under way this week with a new ritual, as administrators took precautions against the aggressive flu strain.Read More
July 2, 2009
A zoning dispute between the township of Millburn and the Chai Center appears to be settled, with the township agreeing to reduce fines against the Chabad-affiliated center if it agrees to seek status as a house of worship.Read More
July 2, 2009
An opponent of Iran’s nuclear program urged the Jewish community to step up economic pressure against the regime in Tehran — and take advantage of “a groundswell” of popular outrage at its violent treatment of dissidents.Read More
July 2, 2009
A family torn apart by war and genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan is reunited and living happily in Brooklyn, thanks to intervention by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.Read More
July 2, 2009
Before there was Lucille Ball, before there was Oprah, Gertrude Berg was the foremost female media personality in America. You might be more familiar with her character’s name: Molly Goldberg.Read More
July 2, 2009
When Adam Greenberg stepped up to the plate for his Major League debut on July 9, 2005, there was no way anyone could know it might also be his last at-bat. Greenberg, then a member of the Chicago Cubs, was hit in the head by the first pitch thrown to him, sustaining a serious concussion and lingering health issues.Read More
