For many families with young children, the High Holy Days can be tricky. Parents want to celebrate this sacred season with their children, and often yearn to do so in a congregational setting.  However, the normative Rosh Hashanah service can prove to be a challenge to such families. For most small children, the regular High [ Read More...]

By Phyllis Singer Contributing Columnist Popular radio show host and former Fox News personality Glenn Beck was in Israel last week to host his Restoring Courage rally. His appearance garnered support from Christian Zionists and right-wing Israelis and American Jews living here, but evoked criticism from the Left – in both Israel and the United [ Read More...]

(RNS) “Missionary” is one of those words where the meaning depends entirely on who’s saying it — and who’s hearing it. For Christians, it’s a word that conjures up images of selfless believers carrying life-saving religion to faraway places. Yet for many Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Native Americans and others, it recalls overzealous Christians who [ Read More...]

As of Sept. 1, the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati will be located at the Lake Forest Office Park, 4555 Lake Forest Drive Suite 645, in Blue Ash. The Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati is a private philanthropy whose mission is to support, promote, advance and strengthen the Jewish community and Jewish causes in Greater Cincinnati. Founded [ Read More...]

By Leslie Susser Jewish Telegraphic Agency JERUSALEM (JTA) — Last week’s multifront Palestinian terrorist attack along the Egyptian-Israeli border highlighted two major new challenges to Israel’s national security. First is the breakdown of Egyptian central authority in the Sinai Peninsula, which has created fertile ground for terrorism against Israel. Complicating matters further is a heightened [ Read More...]

There is nothing quite so satisfying than sinking one’s teeth into freshly picked and steamed corn on the cob. Before I purchase my corn, I always undress some of their “green coat” to check out the kernels. The more even the rows look, the sweeter the corn and the more “milk” they hold. There color, [ Read More...]

By Michael J. Broyde and Yona Reiss Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK (JTA) — When unthinkable disaster struck a decade ago and close to 3,000 people were murdered at the World Trade Center, the scale  of destruction created a unique challenge for victims’ families: identification of the dead. With only fragmented human remains  and degraded [ Read More...]

Efrat, Israel – You shall surely appoint for yourself a king (Deut 17: 15) Can a woman be elected as president of a synagogue? Can a woman serve as a judge in matters of halachic dispute? Can she function within a synagogue as a member of the clergy who responds to halachic questions posed by [ Read More...]

The ReelAbilities NY Disabilities Film Festival, premiering Sept. 10 – 22 in Cincinnati, offers a Festival Pass for those who don’t want to miss any of the award-winning films by or about people with disabilities. In addition to seeing all the films, Festival Pass holders will enjoy saving on the movies, and at popular local [ Read More...]

The newest edition to the luxury crossover SUV market, the Range Rover Evoque, also happens to be one of the most stylish and efficient. This “cute” Rover is also the most sustainable Range Rover ever. Its compact footprint and advanced technology deliver exciting performance together with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The turbocharged 240-hp [ Read More...]