Political Points—GOP outreach edition
Rick Santorum’s South Carolina team sent out a Chanukah message quoting ... John. As in New Testament John. Via Hunter Walker’s Twitter feed.
Oprah in Jewish Wonderland
Oprah’s visit to the Chasidic community—and a recent interview with Chabad—marks a potential high point for Oprah in Jewish communal relations.
Odessa Jewish orphanage doesn’t fit the stereotype
I wasn’t sure what my visit to an Odessa Jewish orphanage would entail.
Soft-core filmmaker Zalman King dies at 70 (or maybe 69)
Commercial “soft-core” filmmaker and one-time actor Zalman King, called variously an “erotic cinema maestro,” a “brilliant and noble soul,“ and much in between, died Feb. 3 at 70 (although some reports had him at age 69, which made some obit writers quite happy).
Around the Web
Selected by JTA Editors
- Komen, J Street and Clinton
- How to be an Orthodox rock star
- Three more days till Oprah and the Chasidim
- Judaism can be cool! (Washington Post)
- Fiery reactions to Rav Bina story (N.Y. Jewish Week)
- Trouble at Hadassah (Forward)
- Adelson cures anti-Semitism (The Nation)
- The Eulogizer: Roman Halter, Holocaust survivor
- Why do certain Jews wear so much black?
