October 2, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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Grebenes and Other Forbidden Foods

Today it is a sign of admiration for someone to say, "Look how slim she is!" Or "He never seems to put on a pound. I wonder what his secret is."
PROF. LEO LIEBERMAN, Jewish Times Staff Writer
Food always played a significant part in our lives as we grew up. I can still hear Mama making her traditional comment, "Maybe a new dress I don't have, but believe you me, there's always enough food on the table." And there certainly was. More...

Face-To-Face Talks with Iran

Iran has installed more than 8,000 centrifuges - the machines that enrich uranium - at its main underground facility at Natanz.
JOYCE S. ANDERSON Special to the Jewish Times

Since the Iranian Revolution in l979, the United States has not been in direct talks or negotiations with their government. On September 11, the Obama administration said that the U.S. More...

Message from the Publisher

Rosh Hashanah - 5770 Dear Reader, When you notice this letter, year after year, you might say, "It's the same old story." Well — this year — it's not exactly the same old story. More...

From Fear to Festivities

Fear and trembling. Those have been our primary religious emotions during the past several weeks. More...

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Us or Them

Fatah has proclaimed its red lines to the Palestinians and to more than a billion Muslims. It won't be easy for them to back down . . .
STEPHEN KRAMER Jewish Times Israel Correspondent

Shamekh Alawneh, a lecturer in modern history at Al-Quds Open University (Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem) , says the Jews invented the connection to the Western Wall in Jerusalem for political purposes, to convince European Jews and Zioni More...

Premarital Agreements

By: Lisa Rosenberg Moore, Esquire

The New Jersey Premarital Agreement Act outlines statutory requirements for premarital agreements1. More...

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