Daily Archives: December 28, 2008

New Indian Chabad House Seeks Out Gentiles

Maybe Judaism has a mission to the world? Dennis Prager will approve. From the Jerusalem Post: Gentiles will be the focus of a new Chabad House to be opened in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh state. Inspired to increase its activities … Continue reading

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Economy Drives Shul Merges

There’s no longer a significant difference between Reform and Conservative Judaism so why not merge these two movements as well? Attorney Anita Susan Brenner writes: This week, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the leader of the Union for Reform Judaism, suggested that … Continue reading

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Behind Caroline Kennedy

From New York magazine: Today the Observer has some suggestions of why the New York Post may have endorsed the inexperienced Caroline Kennedy so quickly and giddily for Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat. Was it because: • She helped get News … Continue reading

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