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Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Posted 11.15.2009 | World


The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's profes...

To My Fellow Jews, Stop Naming Diseases After Ourselves, Oy Veh!

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy


Francesca Biller-Safran

With the anti-Semitism I sometimes hear, I ask this instant that Jewish doctors think twice naming an illness after their surname, except if it is a good one -- disease that is.

Rosh Hashanah Around The World (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 11.17.2009 | World


It's that apple and honey time of year again. Starting Friday, Jews around the world will gather at their families' homes and toast to a sweet new yea...

Saving the World in One Day - Shabbat Around the World

James M. Lynch | Posted 08.11.2009 | Living


James M. Lynch

How does taking a 25 hour break have anything to do with saving the world? Well for me, it is not only physical and spiritual recharging; it's also emotional and intellectual.

The US Senate Apologized for Slavery. But We Ain't Gettin' 40 Acres and a Mule!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics


Yvonne R. Davis

We can all feel relieved there is an official acknowledgment that something terrible was done to black people. Yet the reality is way too much time has passed for this apology to really mean anything.

A Passover Seder Haggadah Supplement

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 05.04.2009 | World


Rabbi Michael Lerner

For Ethically Sensitive Jews and our non-Jewish allies. (You don't have to be Jewish to create or attend a seder -- or to adopt the approach to spiri...

Who Needs News Channels When We've Got Facebook ?

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 02.17.2009 | World


Faisal J. Abbas

Sites like Facebook have helped provoke thought on several fronts, particularly the long-standing prejudice against "Western" media outlets, claiming they are and always have been "pro-Israeli."

Prominent Republicans Invoke the Holocaust to Win Jewish Votes in Pa

Brian Ross | Posted 11.27.2008 | Home


Brian Ross

The McCain-Palin campaign has reached a new low. An email that was sent to Jewish voters invoked fears of the Holocaust to stampede them away from Obama at the polls next week.