The Virtual Simcha
The first time I heard about a "virtual simcha" was in the late 1990s. Detroit was hit with a massive snowstorm and the 8-day old baby boy's aunt who was to play the role of rabbi was stuck at the...
View ArticleAfter Convert’s Murder, A Trail Of Broken Hearts
Adam Dickter Assistant Managing Editor Jamaica-born Yoseph Robinson’s unlikely journey, cut short in a botched Brooklyn robbery, touched numerous lives in the Orthodox community he chose. Perhaps it...
View ArticleRemembering Amy Winehouse, "The Little White Jewish Salt-n-Pepa"
I was never a fan of Amy Winehouse's music, but I think I understood where it came from. Like me, Winehouse grew up enthralled by black music, and with hip-hop in particular. Winehouse--who died on...
View ArticleAmy Winehouse And Cremation
Rabbi Joshua Hammerman Jewish Week Online Columnist Q - I have always been under the impression that cremation and tatoos are forbidden by Jewish law. Yet the recent funeral for Amy Winehouse was...
View ArticleA ‘Gaon’ in Every Sense
Elli Fischer Special To The Jewish Week Remembering Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s funeral in Jerusalem on Monday was the largest in recorded Jewish history; it drew an estimated 800,000...
View ArticleAriel Sharon: A Personal Remembrance
Daniel C Kurtzer Ariel Sharon is now buried in the land he loved, next to his beloved wife Lily, on a hilltop overlooking the verdant fields of Havat Ha-shikmim, the ranch he retreated to as often...
View ArticleAriel Sharon, A Close Friend I Never Met
Jason Eisner I never met Ariel Sharon personally, but I feel like I have lost a close friend. In August 2004, Israeli Prime Minister Sharon had stated his intention to evacuate the Gaza Strip. The...
View Article4-Year-Old Killed By Gaza Mortar
JTA Jerusalem — Hundreds attended the funeral for Daniel Tregerman, the 4-year-old who was killed in a mortar attack outside his home near the Gaza border.read more
View ArticleAt Rivers Funeral, Celebrities Inside And Fans Outside
JTA Howard Stern offered a eulogy and Hugh Jackman provided a musical interlude at the celebrity-studded funeral for comedian Joan Rivers.read more
View ArticlePalestinian, Israeli Autopsy Reports At Odds Over Official’s Death
JTA Jerusalem — Following an autopsy, Palestinian and Israeli doctors issued differing reports on the cause of death of a Palestinian official following an altercation with Israeli security forces at...
View ArticleThousands Attend Funeral In Jerusalem For Victims Of Paris Supermarket Attack
JTA Jerusalem — Thousands attended the funeral in Jerusalem of the four victims of the attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris.read more
View ArticleIsrael To Cover Burial Costs Of Paris Victims In Jerusalem
JTA Jerusalem — Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services said it will cover the costs of the burial and funeral for the Paris kosher supermarket victims.read more
View ArticleJewish Naval Academy Student In Amtrak Derailment Given Full Military Honors...
JTA A Jewish 20-year-old sophomore at the U.S. Naval Academy who was killed in Tuesday’s Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia was given full military honors at his funeral, which was attended by...
View ArticleParents Of Lone Soldier Michael Levin Mark His 10th Yahrzeit In Jerusalem
JTA JERUSALEM (JTA) — The parents of Michael Levin, a lone soldier from the United States who was killed in the Second Lebanon War, returned to Israel to mark the 10th anniversary of his death.read more
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