A piano has 88 keys, some black, some white. A skilled musician creates a robust, integrated sound that unifies the sound of each into a
Riverdale—Agunah activists seeking to raise awareness of the ongoing struggle faced by women unable to secure a get have symbolically “chained” themselves to Ta’anit Esther.
On Tuesday, March 3, 2014, the spokesman of the Association of Foreign Service Employees— the union voice of Israel’s diplomats—announced that “diplomats will no longer
Continuing a tradition of several years, The Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City invited the community to a Yom Iyun Sunday, March 9. Admission
Many in the Boomer generation (and a bit younger) grew up in Jewish homes where Yiddish was the language of secrets. “We never learned any
Under the guidance of Rabbi Pesach Lerner and others, Ronit Horwitz Peskin and Leah Ahroni are the co-directors of Women for the Wall established in
Chelsea Piers in Manhattan was the setting for the 2014 Annual Gala to benefit Sheba Medical Center. More than $1.2 million was raised to fund
Riverdale—After remaining silent for more than two months, the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) issued a statement last Sunday unequivocally rejecting the statement of the
As JLBC was going to press, members of the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization of literary scholars and, with what was until a few
Recent news reports about genetic discoveries concerning Jewish people have caused some to say these studies are motivated by racism. They are not. They do
Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith and two other Americans were killed September 11, 2012 in Benghazi, Libya. There was enough blame
In an unusual show of bi-partisan cooperation since Obama became president, the U.S.Congress agreed upon and passed a budget that they say will prevent government
