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Editor's Column
Enough already
Andrew
Silow-Carroll
With Passover approaching, someone ought to teach the Obama administration the meaning of “dayenu.” If the goal of Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem last week was to gain the upper hand on a balky Benjamin Netanyahu, the Jerusalem housing brouhaha was a gift from heaven. Read More
JustASC Blog
A multilog with NJJN Editor-in-Chief Andrew Silow-Carroll. Read More
Editorial
Rebels without a cause
For centuries, the Hurva Synagogue bore witness to the Jewish story in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. This month, a rebuilt Hurva was rededicated, and became the pretext for a series of violent protests by Palestinians. Read More
Op-Ed
Touch of Torah
Body and soul
Vayikra — Leviticus 1:1-5:26 Read More
Candle Lighting Time
4th of Nisan, 5770
March 19, 2010 | 6:50 p.m.
Synagogue Listings
Breach in U.S.-Israel alliance echoes among local analysts
Some pick sides, others ask both parties to ease ‘crisis’ over Biden visit
March 17, 2010
Local analysts and activists joined the fray over U.S.-Israel relations, as the White House intensified its criticism of Benjamin Netanyahu over a surprise announcement of a Jewish building project in east Jerusalem. Read More
Christie budget spares some safety net items
Jewish leaders expect to ‘share the pain,’ but express relief
March 17, 2010
Although leaders of Jewish agencies expect to “share the pain” of Gov. Chris Christie’s austerity budget, few saw the kinds of direct cuts they feared would handicap the services they provide. Read More
Camps see the future, and it’s on the web
At biennial confab, tech sessions attract a woodsy crowd
March 17, 2010
Maybe it was at Camp Kinneret, a Jewish overnight camp in Quebec, that Mitch Joel learned something about navigation. But when it comes to finding Jewish camps on-line, Joel said, he’s lost. Read More
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Life and Times
Size definitely matters in light-hearted Israeli comedy
March 17, 2010
In A Matter of Size, Herzl and his friends are part of a weight-loss club where no one ever seems to make progress, according to the scolding tongue and withering eye of the group leader, who banishes Herzl as a hopeless case and bad influence. Read More
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NJJN Sports
Willie, Mickey, and the Jews
March 3, 2010
In the midst of several years’ worth of “shocking” scandals involving baseball players and performance enhancing drugs, it is refreshing to have several biographies hitting the bookstores this year that consider a kindler, gentler Golden Era of the game. Read More
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