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The New Israel Forum is an annual event put on by the New Israel Fund, an organization that raises money for social change in Israel. It’s a group that has an interesting challenge: it appeals to pro-Israel Jews in the United States, and then gives the money to nonprofits in Israel who are often bitterly [...]

Ah, those New York Jews. Woody Allen, Philip Roth, Ed Koch, Alfred Kazin. Katz’s Deli, Zabar’s, Pastrami Sandwiches, Lox and Bagels, Matzoh Ball Soup, Chopped Liver, Gefilte Fish. The Lower East Side. All one big Ashkenazi world. I was once told a story by Mickey Kairey, one of the patron saints of the Brooklyn Syrian [...]

Now, some of y’all know about my obsession with Project Runway and fashion, so while this isn’t *exactly* the same (damn if I’m not still quite lost to the Bay Area everything organic including your underwear and some sh*t phenomena–this event is gonna crack. me. up.), you know I couldn’t turn my girl Heidi down [...]

(apologies to those who aren’t living in new york city – this is an event announcement) (it seems like there are many more radical purim extravaganzas going on all over the country, though, and i’m posting this announcement in part to encourage folks to think big and exciting for next year…) this year’s eighth-or-so edition [...]

So I was at Cornelia St. Cafe one Sunday afternoon to listen to some Jazz. I noticed that they have various reading series: Greek, Italian, Armenian…(I’d even read once in Dean Kostos’ GREEK AMERICAN WRITERS series). So I asked Angelo, who runs the room, if they’d be interested in something Jewish. He said “Jewish? I’m [...]

OK, I try not to just post events, but this just rocks, so I’m putting it up for folks–if you’re in the Bay Area, check out this Three-Part Series on Judaism, Consumer Power, and What It Means to Work for the Greater Good! Big love to AJWS, AVODAH and Congregation Emanu-El Young Adult Community for [...]

Check out this opportunity if you’re in the Providence, RI area! Therapy with GLB/TGI Clients: Raising Clinician Awareness and Identifying Treatment Approaches Presenters: Y. Gavriel Ansara, Liz Cantor Ph.D., Beth (Stump) Olsen Venue: Psychological Ctrs, Inc./URI Counseling Ctr Training Program Date: Friday, February 29th, 2008 Time: 8:30-4:30 a.m. Credits: 6 Continuing Education (CE) credits for [...]

We’re joining our fabulous friends in Jewish progressive blogosphere–JewSchool, Muzzlewatch and hopefully more–in shouting out the launch of the Breaking the Silence Exhibit in the U.S. this weekend in Philadelphia. The exhibit will include photographs and video testimonies from Israeli soldiers who served in occupied territories. Their arrival to the U.S. will hopefully continue to [...]

Give it up for The Jew and the Carrot who are giving us some serious holiday love, including Tu B’shvat seders in…yes, I know not surprising…New York and San Francisco. We’ve got one for you in Seattle, but definitely let us know what’s going on in your small towns, street corners, downtown bars, back roads, [...]