This Thanksgiving, a Jewish community in Palm Beach County, Florida has a new appreciation for their Thanksgiving bounty. The group was one of over 50 communities and 150 rabbis that accepted a pre-Thanksgiving challenge to live one week on a food stamp budget to experience food insecurity first hand. The Jewish Community Food Stamp Challenge, now in its fourth year, encourages members of the Jewish community to live on $31.50 a week in food costs, the average amount allocated in food stamp, or SNAP, benefits. …More

Mayim Bialik is getting a divorce. And she wants you to hear about it from her first. Bialik took the Internet on Wednesday to announce her impending split from husband Michael Stone. “After much consideration and soul-searching, Michael and I have arrived at the decision to divorce due to ‘irreconcilable differences,’” she wrote on Kveller.com. “Divorce is terribly sad, painful and incomprehensible for children. It is not something we have decided lightly.” We can’t …More

A group of Jewish and Muslim volunteers put their differences aside in the days leading up to Thanksgiving to work together to help those in need. While the tense political situation between Israel and Hamas still looms heavy in the minds of many, volunteers brought together by New York-based Foundation for Ethnic Understanding focused not on the fighting, but instead on helping to improve the lives of others and forging new friendships. “In this time of warfare it was a beautiful experience to see the two …More

The calling up of Israeli reserves serves a twofold-purpose, intimidation and preparedness. This action should be seen in a positive manner, in contrast to the Second Lebanon War. [Times of Israel] Despite the Israel/Gaza situation, Jews and Muslims in Northern Virginia still team up for Thanksgiving volunteering. [Huffington Post] Geraldo Rivera says that a two-state solution would help end the Israel/Gaza conflict. [Fox News Latino] Johanna Kaplan wonders how to deal with rising anti-Semitism in her home …More

A prominent Jewish leader lambast's the Huffington Post for an anti-Semitic cartoon. [Algemeiner] Israel's equivalent of SNL is interrupted by rocket sirens as it rehearses a war satire skit. [Tablet] Hundreds attend a pro-Israel rally in Rabin Square. [Jerusalem Post] How ex-pats celebrate Thanksgiving in Israel. [Forward] An AP reporter gets into a heated exchange with a White House rep over US's "silence" on Gaza. [Algemeiner] How do Canadian Jews view Israel? [Daily Beast] An Israeli cello genius …More

Senator Lindsey Graham has threatened to cut off Egyptian aid if the country won’t help to reign in Hamas. [Times of Israel] IDF Chief Benny Gantz gives an emotional speech preparing ground troops for possible incursions into Gaza. [Algemeiner] Two out of the three Middle-Eastern Immigrant shopkeepers in Brooklyn who were murdered by the same man were Jewish. [Forward] The BBC has apologized to British Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks after the Rabbi was asked his opinion on the Gaza conflict while …More

After more than sixty years, Mary Katz Erlich was reunited with members of the Lithuanian family who helped rescue her from the Holocaust. Now a grandmother with three children and nine grandchildren, Katz Erlich embraced 81-year-old Aurimas Ruzgys and his sister, Egle, 83, as they arrived at New York's Kennedy Airport. “Oh, I love you, love you both,” she said. Through a translator, Egle told the New York Daily News, “I’m very happy. There are no words to say, no words to …More

Several organizations in Israel held Thanksgiving dinner for lone soldiers. The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin on Thursday hosted a Thanksgiving meal and football tournament for more than 300 soldiers who have come to Israel to serve in the Israel Defense Forces and have left their parents, family and friends behind. The American Jewish Committee celebrated the 10th anniversary of its annual Thanksgiving Dinner for lone American soldiers. Some 30 soldiers from across all IDF units attended the …More

In 1789, in response to a resolution offered by Congressman Elias Boudinot of New Jersey, President George Washington issued a proclamation recommending that Thursday November 26th of that year "be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to …More

Some 200 school bus drivers are being required to work on Thanksgiving Day to bus Orthodox students to their private schools in Lakewood, New Jersey. State law requires that all students be provided busing, so schools open on the national holiday require that half the normal driving force work on the day off. Eighteen thousand children attend more than 70 private Orthodox Jewish schools in Lakewood. As of last week, six schools waived busing, 25 requested only morning runs, and 12 said they needed full …More

William Shatner found out the hard way that deep-fried turkey can harm more than your arteries. While preparing his own fowl a few years ago, the actor lost his grip on the bird and dropped it into the pot of boiling oil, spattering his arms (and his pride). Now, he’s bringing his message to the masses to warn one and all about the dangers of Thanksgiving Day turkey fryer fires. He says, "Several years ago I was burned on my arms after accidentally dropping the turkey in the hot oil. People need to …More

On Saturday, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” celebrated 250 performances with a blue bowtie cake and a grinning Daniel Radcliffe at the All Hirschfeld Theatre. Though the cast included leggy greats John Larroquette and Rose Hemingway, Daniel easily loomed above his peers … Wait, Daniel Radcliffe is short? When did that happen? The child star may not have grown much, but he is all grown up in the musical comedy about faking it until you can steal your boss’ job. …More