This year’s High Holiday Poetry Contest–sponsored by MJL and Shemspeed–was a bit of a whopper, as my Australian family would say. The Jewish New Year coming so close to summer vacation might have surprised us, but not you. We demanded... 

Using the Balata ‘refugee camp’ near Shchem (Nablus) as a starting point, Abraham Miller describes how the ‘Palestinians’ and the Arab countries have held the ‘refugees’ hostage in a cynical effort to destroy the Jewish... 

For the last 80 years, Democrats have pretty much been able to take the Jewish vote in the United States for granted. In fact, I have heard many people quip that the Obama administration’s policy until recently was "F**k the Jews, they’ll... 

From Ancestry.com, comes news of the largest searchable online yearbook collection. The US School Yearbook Collection – 10,000 yearbooks – now includes 60 million records for mere mortals as well as celebs. The books include high schools,... 

The Jewish New Year is almost around the corner. Rosh Hashana begins Wednesday night, September 8. For Jews around the world, regardless of nationality or background, the High Holy Days are the most important days of the year. As we gather with family... 

Activists, community leaders and politicans are supporting restoration efforts at one of Europe’s oldest Jewish cemeteries, which was bombed in 1944. The story includes details of the plans. Architect and amateur historian Susie Clapham, alongside... 

Carmel, California is offering a match made in heaven not usually found in that neck of the woods at this year’s Jewish Food Festival, on Sunday, August 29. From 10.30am-4pm, the cultural festival will offer arts, crafts, live entertainment and... 

One of the largest British Jewish cemeteries – Edgwarebury Lane Cemetery, Edgware – will add 6,500 new burial spaces, after winning an appeal for expansion, which will cost some 1.5 million GBP. According to TotallyJewish.com , the original... 

I’ve decided to turn the Hitler in Hell cartoon of two days ago into a series. Here’s some positive news as reported in the Forward: JCPA Taking Direct Aim at Anti-Israel Boycotters “With anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions... 

If I had only one penny each time I’ve heard this story. Do we need a national day to convince people that their names were not changed at Ellis Island? How can we convince people that the romantic myths in their family are simply that – a...