http://jinsiderblog.com The Blog of the Jewish Insider Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:45:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As part of our continuing effort to find deeper meaning and lessons in pop culture, we asked Rabbi Simon Jacobson to help reveal the Jewish wisdom and relevancy in the most recent front-page tabloid news. Read our most reccent Jewish Week column. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=838 With Tu B'Av coming up this Monday, the 26th-- we bring you, as some holiday prep, Rabbi Simon Jacobson and his explanation of the Jewish perspective on soulmates. Check out more Tu B'Av insights on JInsider, with Rabbi Dov Ber Pinson, Rebbetzin Jungreis, Rabbi David Aaron, Rabbi Avraham Twerski, and more. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=833 July 20th: In retrospect, here is an NBC report on the Apollo effort, and in musical celebration, Bruce Springsteen and REM sing in concert. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=818 Rabbi Jonathan Sacks offers wisdom on how to best combat anti-Semitism. Watch this video in conjunction with the Glenn Beck video on how the Jews killed Jesus. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=814 Glenn Beck discusses the death of Jesus and the Jews on his TV program. MSNBC analyzes and we are interested in what you think. Send comments to connect@jinsider.com http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=810 Hot off the presses. Newsweek published its new list of Top Rabbis and you can watch them in action. Let's go to the tape and view The Top 50 Rabbi video series in JInsider. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=806 In these dark times following the Flotilla fiasco, there may be a glimmer of hope that positive momentum may be around the corner in a groundswell support for the plight of Israel.  Read this weekend's Daily Beast Article on Bibi's Unlikely New Fan Club. As the article begins, "Israelis are ... http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=726 ADL alert!: Helen Thomas, a longtime member of the White House Press Corps, speaks about Jews, Israel and Mideast Politics. Watch other classic Helen Thomas videos as she raises questions about the Flotilla and Hezbollah. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=713 Israel’s disputes with its neighbors have a long history – but there’s also a less tangible, but no less important front line: the media. Public opinion in the United States is an important area of concern for Israel, especially considering Israel has not always been great with its own ... http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=717 “Israel is told it has the right to defend itself, but when we do exercise that right we’re condemned for it,” Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said in a nationally televised address Wednesday evening. “Israel should not be held to a double standard.” Watch  Bibi's speech in its entirety. http://jinsiderblog.com/?p=707