Anthony Weiss
By Anthony Weiss
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Breaking News Ohio University Students Protest ‘Blood Bucket’ Video, Are Arrested
(JTA) – An Ohio University student senate meeting erupted into chaos, and four students were arrested over protests of the senate president’s recent “blood bucket challenge” of Israel. Pro-Israel students staged a filibuster during Wednesday night’s meeting of the Ohio University Student Senate. The students called for the resignation of Student Senate President Megan Marzec…
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Breaking News Brant Rosen Resigns From His Pulpit, Citing Divisions Over Israel
(JTA) — A prominent rabbi whose outspoken criticism of Israel become too divisive for his congregation announced this week that he is resigning his pulpit. Brant Rosen, rabbi at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Ill., made the announcement Tuesday. Aside from his pulpit position, which he has held for 17 years, Rosen is also the…
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News Henry Waxman Retirement Marks End of Era in Los Angeles Politics
When Rep. Henry Waxman, who will turn 75 in September, retires at the end of this year after 46 years in elected office, it will mark more than just the end of a storied career as one of the most prolific lawmakers in Congress. It will also draw the curtain on a generation of Jewish…
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Culture Yiddish Tango Is Irresistible Musical Hybrid
(JTA) — The music that packs the Skirball Cultural Center’s stately courtyard – Yiddish tango – is a musical hybrid twice over. On the tango side, it is a blend of African-born rhythms and a potpourri of European music styles. On the Yiddish side, it combines mournful liturgical melodies with folk songs. Tango, too, is…
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Opinion Rebooting the Black-Jewish Alliance in Ferguson
Cultural Leadership program participants in Crown Heights, Brooklyn (JTA) — On the evening of Aug. 12, after two consecutive nights of clashes between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo., Mikal Smith rose to address a community meeting in the neighboring city of Florissant. In front of Governor Jay Nixon, Obama administration officials and community leaders,…
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Breaking News Genesis Prize Foundation Launches ‘Big Ideas’ Competition, Backed by Bloomberg
(JTA) — It is now open season for those who would like a chunk of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s change and think they have a big idea up their sleeves. On Tuesday, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced the launch of the Genesis Generation Challenge, a competition offering 10 awards of $100,000 each to teams that can successfully…
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Breaking News Hawaii Jewish Sen. Brian Schatz Clings to Lead in Primary
(JTA) — Saturday night was arguably the biggest night in Brian Schatz’s political career, as the results of Hawaii’s Democratic primary would determine whether he would remain Hawaii’s senior United States senator, or whether he would go down in defeat after less than two years in office. In overwhelmingly Democratic Hawaii, the general election is expected…
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News Counter-Culture Spirit Lives as Boston’s Havurah Shalom Hits Middle Age
(JTA) — To certain first-time visitors to Havurat Shalom, the congregation’s prayer room may look remarkably familiar. From the macrame Jewish star adorning the ark and the Middle Eastern-style lamp serving as a ner tamid to the pillows on a bare floor and the sparely decorated walls, the room looks exactly as it does in…
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