Obama and the Rabbis
Friday, September 19th, 2008 Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign seems to think that the road to keeping the Democrats’ big majority of Jewish votes in November may run through the bimah. First...
View ArticleOrthodox Come To Rubashkin’s Defense
Julie Wiener Associate Editor As liberal groups hope bank fraud conviction leads to better business practices, Orthodox ones question zeal of prosecution.Sholom Rubashkin, the manager of the...
View ArticleOn Temple Mount, Past Is Prologue
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer On the eve of Yom Kippur, a dispute between two groups of Jews leads to a divider being placed at Judaism’s holiest accessible site, the western retaining wall of...
View ArticleThumbs-Up For Therapeutic Cloning
by Eric J. Greenberg Staff Writer After months of deliberation, a group of Orthodox scientists and Jewish law experts this week announced its endorsement of cloning cells for therapeutic purposes,...
View ArticleEthical Kosher Seal Nearing Marketplace for Conservative Jews
Rivka Oppenheim Special To The Jewish Week Conservative movement’s ambitious ‘Magen Tzedek’ in testing stages, hoping to have certified products on store shelves within year.With the trials of Sholom...
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