Orthodox Rabbi Reuven Spolter writes: In a "Modest Proposal" styled op-ed piece in the Jerusalem Post, Rabbi David Forman finally throws down the gauntlet. After years of trying to gain recognition from the government as legitimate streams of Judaism and years of failure, it’s time f...

It’s the last day before the Israeli elections, and there seems to be widespread agreement that Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Avigdor Lieberman is going to win big - perhaps as much as 19-20 seats. They’ve already pulled ahead of the Labor party and by now it’s virtually a forego...

With every passing day it becomes abundantly clear that the Madoff scandal is having seismic financial reverberations for the Jewish community at large. The Jerusalem Report recently reported that at least $600 million in Jewish charitable funds has been lost by the collapse of Madoff’s invest...

I was talking to somebody today about converts to Judaism. He asked me to assess their role in American Judaism and whether they were becoming more accepted on the Jewish street. "Converts to Judaism have nothing in common beyond the fact that they are converts," I said. "A typical co...

Sad news for the Jewish community of Chicago, for Jews everywhere… “Imaginary Coordinates,” an exhibit at the Spertus Museum has closed down due to pressure from the Jewish United Fund of Greater Chicago. “Coordinates” explored historical maps of Israel/Palestine not si...

Pastor John Hagee’s outfit, Christians United For Israel is gearing up for their annual summit next month, and if you need to be reminded of just how troubling CUFI views are, check out journalist Max Blumenthal’s video report on last year’s summit. It includes the truly horrifying...

Tearing down the temple. Throwing out the money changers. Flipping off the beit din! Justification by faith! Sanctification! The Heavenly Sanctuary! Judging the saints! Look at my erection!  I can’t be more specific. I know you want the goss, but I spent the last three days with friends a...

As Aryeh Cohen’s comment to my post below points out, my pronouncement of the demise of Jews Against the War was greatly exaggerated. My apologies at the good folks at JAW - and thank you to their Executive Director Sarah Newman for sending me these pix of their recent demonstration in the Pic...

Because I am personally opposed to ever agreeing with anyone, I find myself, often, embroiled in interesting discussions with all sorts of folks. Over at JCarrot, I am having an interesting comments thread with Ben Murane (our own KFJ) about (I think) the difference between who is Jewish, and what i...

Yes, it’s an election year, and once again it’s “through the looking glass time” for the American Jewish community. Bucking the views of the majority of American Jews, candidates are once again doing their best to court the Jewish vote with the hawkish AIPAC line articulated ...