News & Current Events
Tasting KFWE’s Gourmet Offerings
Buffer For the second year in a row, I attended the Kosher Food and Wine Expo. Last year the food was, if I remember correctly, delicious … but I had... Read More »
The Small Voice Of Moderation in Bet Shemesh
Buffer In The Year Of The Protester, we used the hashtag and we mimed the slogan to great effect.  But real change takes more than a slogan.  It takes dialog.  It takes... Read More »
Jewish Relativity, Revisited
Buffer Fellow Jewneric blogger, Joshua Einstein, writes about a common argument made by Jewish outreach organizations: “the secular world is morally relative and adrift†and only religion provides “moral constancy”.... Read More »
Jewish Relativity
Buffer Religious leaders often posit that the secular world is morally relative and adrift. The changing and metastasizing values of the larger world are no doubt foreboding and challenging but... Read More »
Jewish Education is Dead: Long Live Jewish Education
Buffer {EAV:d0011d30ff328718} Dr. Jonathan Woocher’s keynote presentation at the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial, “Education is Dead: Long Live Jewish Education” was a purposeful road map for Jews of all... Read More »
The Dead Sea Scrolls Are on Display…Where?
Buffer The Dead Sea Scrolls are on display in Times Square. Yes, Times Square. They share a space at Discovery Times Square with an exhibition about the TV show, CSI.... Read More »
Tebowing as Political Metaphor
Buffer In an otherwise unremarkable article about the controversy over Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s public displays of religiosity, a quote from Gary Ebersole, a University of Missouri-Kansas City professor,... Read More »
Jew in the City wonders…do God and science have chemistry?
Buffer “I couldn’t help but wonder…†Sound familiar? It may be Carrie’s popular phrase of wonderment on Sex and the City, but way before the popular series hit HBO, Allison... Read More »
Judaism, Democracy, and Public Reason
Buffer The appropriate role of religion in American political discourse is a debate older than the Constitution itself. It predictably recurs whenever a politician or celebrity invokes or insults religion... Read More »
An Obituary for Zionism
Buffer Zionism, born in the 1890′s, died today of natural causes. Zionism, which in its early years began a life long career championing self-determination and civil rights ended life a... Read More »
“Once You Go Jack, You Never Go Back!” Interview with Alan Broner, Co-Owner of Jack’s Gourmet
Buffer Jack’s Gourmet premiered exactly one year ago at Kosherfest 2010 and after receiving rave reviews there was no turning back. This year, Jack’s Gourmet is bigger than ever and with Kosherfest... Read More »
JFNA GA – LIVE PHOTO BLOG
Buffer Greetings from Denver! …well, almost. Â I’m writing this as I pack for tomorrow’s early morning flight to the Mile High city for the Jewish Federations of North America’s General... Read More »
A Maiden Voyage
Buffer Jerusalem Maiden is a story that has an intriguing premise, set in the pre-state of Israel during the Turkish and British occupation. Unfortunately, the novel fails to live up... Read More »
Non-Orthodox Rabbis and Israel
Buffer I just read an absolutely shocking statistic: 12 percent of the Jewish Theological Seminary rabbinical students are “uncomfortable” with Israel’s being a “Jewish state”! One would have thought that... Read More »
A Kardashian Peace in Israel
Buffer At Jewneric we can all enjoy and respect a good joke. In that light, I present Israel’s Peace Partners as measured in Kardashians. Bryan Forbes posted this neat little... Read More »
Playing to the Home Crowd: Netanyahu, Abbas, and Obama at the UN
Buffer I am not much of a sports fan, but I do know that a team that can only win at home will never be a champion. Unfortunately, it seems... Read More »
Social Entrepreneurship in DC
Buffer Being on the local steering committee for PresenTense, I wanted to help shed some light on this years Fellowship and our upcoming Open House. Opportunity is Knocking Open the... Read More »
Video Travel Diary: A Road Trip Across Israel
Buffer Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg of The Atlantic captures the essence of this fast-paced emotional travel diary of Israel, “This IsReal”.  In her subsequent interview of the director, Filmmaker Matthew Brown brings us... Read More »
Occupy Wall Street and Anti-Semetism – A Forum For All Comers
Buffer With the dawning notion reaching the media that a giant protest sitting right in the middle of the Wall Street Financial District is something they ought to pay attention... Read More »
Free Gilad, Finally
Buffer For 1935 days, Noam and Aviva Shalit have lived in a state of uncertainty, fighting for their son who languished in Hamas captivity. For 1935 days, the government of... Read More »
