Jewish Advocate

Study: Jewish numbers on rise

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:36 +0000

By Elise Kigner

Advocate Staff

Brandeis Professor Leonard Saxe has some good news for those fearing for the future of Judaism in America.

The number of American Jews is actually increasing, not decreasing.

A Brandeis team estimates the total US Jewish population at 6.4 million as of 2010, up from 5.7 million in 2000, and 5.5 million in 1990.

Happy tree year

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:44 +0000

In the spirit of Tu B’Shevat, third graders estimate the age of trees by counting growth rings, as part of their science studies at Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Boston.

Above from left: Leetal Fishman, Doron Peer, Marissa Lehv and science teacher Elana Schrieber.

A Holocaust survivor’s last stand

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:44 +0000

By Leah Burrows

Advocate Staff

Somewhere in the crumbling files or computer database of a Polish insurance company, says Israel Arbeiter, is an insurance policy with his name on it.

He wants it back.

Rabbis to Pats fans: Have faith

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:44 +0000

By Leah Burrows

Advocate Staff

What does the Torah have to say about this year’s Super Bowl?

Take this tale, from the Book of Numbers:

The Israelites are trudging through the Sinai desert, after the Exodus from Egypt. They are searching for the Promised Land, a home flowing with milk and honey. After weeks of wandering, Moses spots a fertile land off in the distance – Canaan.

The Jewish World

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:44 +0000

Jewish leaders visit Pollard

Fogel children consoled; murderers hailed

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:45 +0000

The Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff, Lt. General Benny Gantz, meets with the children of the Fogel family, whose parents and three siblings were murdered by Palestinians last March in the West Bank settlement of Itamar.

Mazel tov, Bubbe

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:19:45 +0000

Kibitzing in the kitchen with bubbe is a Jewish pastime, but Avrom Honig of Brookline turned that tradition into an Internet sensation with his Web site, “Feed me Bubbe.”

Honig’s Bubbe, who uses the Yiddish endearment as her nom de plume, has taught thousands of podcast listeners and YouTube viewers how to cook dishes like latkes, kugel and chicken soup.

Super Bowl features super Jewish philanthropists

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:20:04 +0000

By Jacob Kamaras

JointMedia News Service

When the New York Giants and New England Patriots take the field for Sunday’s Super Bowl, most of the country will focus on the athletes wearing the jerseys. However, from a Jewish perspective, the story behind these football franchises comes from those wearing suits in the owner’s box.