Short Takes

Cantorial Show A Milestone At Barclays

02/19/2013 | JTA

Who knew the man behind the Brooklyn homecomings of Jay-Z and Barbra Streisand had a thing for heimische melodies?

YU Book Sale Benefits Sandy-Damaged Institutions

02/19/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Sometimes, generosity comes in waves.

After being told that his Oceanside, L.I., synagogue had won $10,000 in a Yeshiva University Facebook contest, beating out four other synagogues and a day school ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, Rabbi Jonathan Muskat decided to share his winnings with them.

“We felt so many communities also suffered that it was only right we share this act of chesed (kindness) with other communities that suffered damage as well,” he explained.

Eclectic Band 'My Favorite Enemy' To Perform At Rodeph Sholom

02/13/2013 | Sandee Brawarsky | Special To The Jewish Week

Shabbat will be welcomed at Congregation Rodeph Sholom this weekend with an unusual Middle Eastern beat.

Israeli Entrepreneur: Device Prevents Possible Harm From Cell Phones

02/13/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor/Online Editor

A Lebanese-born physicist and an engineer from a university in the West Bank settlement of Ariel probably don’t agree on much.

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.