Short Takes

Pluralistic Seminary Dedicates New Building

02/08/2013 | Helen Chernikoff | Staff Writer

The Academy of Jewish Religion, a pluralistic seminary, dedicated a new, 8,500-square foot teaching, library and administrative building on Jan. 27. It's proof, the academy says, that it's growing, and that pluralism is catching on.

No OU Showdown After All; L.A. Leader Likely President

02/06/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher

The planned March 10 contested election pitting incumbent Orthodox Union president Simcha Katz against former president Harvey Blitz is not to be.

New Jewish Children's Book Features Gay Parents

01/31/2013 | Julie Wiener | Associate Editor

Don’t expect any tired stereotypes of Jewish mothers in “The Purim Superhero,” a children’s picture book just out from Kar-Ben Publishers.

No Ordinary Pigskin Halftime Show Here

01/29/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Here are your choices for halftime entertainment during the Super Bowl on Sunday evening: Beyoncé or Charlie Harary, C.B. Neugroschl and Rabbi Kenneth Brander.

Hurry Up And Click

01/28/2013 | Heather Robinson and Josh Lipowsky | Special To The Jewish Week

She Says ...

Looking into the soulful blue eyes of a professional cellist named Dan, I felt myself relax into my first adventure in speed dating. (Music has charms, right?)

What If Reform’s Leader Had Gone To JTS?

01/22/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor And Publisher

The current leader of the Reform movement found deep Jewish inspiration as a young man from a Modern Orthodox scholar in Israel. The Talmud professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary attended a haredi yeshiva in his youth and found it “wonderful.”