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Israel boycott groups draw a bead on Leonard Cohen
The international movement to boycott, divest and sanction (BDS) — which evokes the sexual practices known as bondage and discipline...
Dovish Israel lobby groups realign
The Forward recently reported that J Street, the dovish D.C.-based Israel lobby, will take over the "the Jewish community’s largest...
Sholom's Johnson Hospice frees butterflies
Butterflies rise above Heidi’s Garden on the Shaller Family Sholom East campus. (Photo: Mordecai Specktor) Johnson Hospice Care Agency hosted...
Haaretz: Release of Gilad Shalit could happen before Rosh Hashana
Haaretz reports today that a prisoner swap deal for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier abducted by Hamas in 2006,...
New York Post reports Bernard Madoff dying of cancer in federal prison
Bernard Madoff, architect of the multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme that wiped out the assets of many Jewish families and organizations,...
Temple of Aaron will sanctify same-sex unions
Gay couple will celebrate their commitment to each other next year in Conservative synagogue By STEVEN ROSENBAUM Temple of Aaron...
North High class of ’36 reunites
Twenty classmates gather at Byerly’s for 73rd reunion By ERIN ELLIOTT /Â Community News Editor When Lordean Stattine Wick retired more...
Beautiful Bayfield and the Apostle Islands
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The historical marker on Madeline Island informs visitors that the largest of the Apostle Islands, located in...
Unique Jewish high school to open for at-risk girls
Miryam Ghermezian Academy, in Bricelyn, Minn., will host grand opening on Sept. 6 By CARLY ETTINGER Located in the southern...
Mystical rabbis conduct anti-H1N1 prayer flyover
Video on BBC showed Jewish mystics attempting to ward off H1N1 in Israel during a flyover. First, religious Israelis refer...
