This article provides an analysis of how Jewish rituals and Jews as a minority group are represented and debated in the Norwegian press: How is "news about the Jews" framed by the media? Which discourses dominate the debates? Are notions of what it "takes to be Norwegian" put forward in ...
Indeed, this has already occurred with the banning of the sale of the book by Amazon.com. Hoffman decries the racial elitism found in the ranks of Judaism, saying, “We do not believe that modern Judaics are the descendants of the ancient Jews of the Bible era.” ...
I’d like to draw attention to this column’s tagline, which promises a “glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.” That’s a point that I feel deserves more emphasis. It seems that for most of today’s news providers, nothing short of a rowdy demonstration, a fi...
Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message has urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Holy Land to Ukraine, Africa to Asia Associated PressDec. 25, 2024 Load More...
Has there ever come a time in your life where you had the rug pulled out from under you? When suddenly there is a shift in the paradigm, and you are asked to get up and move to a distant land or situation? This is the case with Abraham. In just the third parashah of the Torah ...
Aytzim (meaning "trees" in Hebrew) is a New York-based secular, progressive and pluralistic Jewish environmental organization that is a U.S.-registered 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity, incorporated as the Green Zionist Alliance. Aytzim has fiv
ABC News and multiple other media outlets are reporting today that former Vice President Mike Pence, who did not endorse or support President-elect Donald Trump during the 2024 election cycle, has come out inopposition to Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.as secretary of the Department ...
Political figures and elites around the world, regardless of their different viewpoints and even their opposition to the Islamic Revolution of Iran, have not been able to ignore the important and influential role of Ayatollah Khomeini. In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Richard Anderson Falk, ...
Q. Which is more important in Judaism – rituals or ethics? A. It is a problem that resounds through the Bible. King Solomon says in the Book of Proverbs, "To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice" (Prov. 21:3). ...
When a change in ownership within some of the largest players in the nursing home industry is described in the news as a “blockbuster move”; and when an earnings call to investors raises the specter of “even further upside potential” without any mention of superior care, quality of life...