Features
Fred Zeidman takes the politics out of the Holocaust Museum
Eric Fingerhut, JTADec 25, 2008
WASHINGTON As a close friend of George W. Bush and a top Republican Party fundraiser, Fred Zeidman knew that his appointment as chairman of the US Holocaust Memorial...
The mystery of the dislocated grave
Chris LeppekDec 19, 2008
Here lies a tale about the past, and the mysteries in its wake. Sit down, have some hot tea, stir the fire, make yourself comfortable on a cold winter’s night....
Birthplace of Hitler: Bitter history sends a letter to the stars
Andrea JacobsDec 12, 2008
Kym Harris is neither astronomer nor astronaut, but her eyes are firmly fixed on the stars. Harris is the New York-based project director of A Letter to the Stars,...
Colorado Muslim Society, B’nai Chavurah begin a dialogue — sometimes friendly, sometimes angry
Chris LeppekNov 28, 2008
A new phenomenon called twinningism came to Denver last week, bringing messages of harmony, tolerance and shared social action as well as one or two reminders why...
Bridging the Muslim-Jewish divide: 50 synagogues, 50 mosques, twin
Tom Tugend, JTANov 20, 2008
LOS ANGELES There was nothing unusual about some 20 devout Muslims from the King Fahad Mosque bowing and prostrating themselves as they recited the Isha, or night...
AJC expert: it’s Iran, stupid
Chris LeppekNov 20, 2008
The summer and fall have provided distractions aplenty. The past few months have been hectic, with the dramatic American presidential campaigns, the precipitous...
Are you a ‘cool Jew’? New book helps you figure out the answer
JTAOct 24, 2008
LOS ANGELES Are you a Heebster? Jon Stewart is. Adam Sandler is. Superman and Spiderman are. Even Curious George is. When youre a Heebster, you dont have to...
Many Anne Franks in Cambodia
JTAOct 10, 2008
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia As a young girl in the early 1990s, Sayana Ser often spent the night cowering in fear with her family in an underground shelter her father...
Only 5% of US Orthodox shuls have cantors today
Sue Fishkoff, JTASep 25, 2008
PISCATAWAY, NJ Sitting in a meeting room in the Radisson Hotel here, 15 Orthodox cantors listen reverentially to a 1954 recording of the great Israeli cantor Leib...
Chabad brings tefilin, connection to Jews serving time
JTASep 25, 2008
NEW YORK Charles Smith tries to recall the last time he participated in the tefilin ritual as the rabbinical student wraps his arm. Its been a long time, Smith...
