Posts Tagged: American Jewry
Lack of Democracy Weakens US Jewish Institutions
JNS.org - Fifty years ago this week, two prominent figures in the American Jewish community startled their colleagues by calling for democratic elections to choose Jewish...
The Iran Deal: A Turning Point in American-Jewish Support for Israel?
As The New York Observer reported, Senator Cory Booker is hosting an “emergency summit” this week with wealthy Jews who back him – this, after Booker decided to support President...
Activist: Obama Channels FDR, Invokes Memories of US Shame During Holocaust
Peggy Shapiro has dedicated her life to exposing and combating antisemitism. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Shapiro was born in a Displaced Persons (DP) camp...
Why Rejecting America’s Dictates is Crucial for Israel’s Security
In a telling follow-up to his now famous report on an Obama Administration official referring to Israel's Prime Minister as a 'chickenshit,' The Altantic's Jeffrey...
Israelis Should Not Finance American Jewish Education
Israel's Deputy Education Minister Avi Wortzman recently said that the State of Israel should help Jewish youth in the Diaspora get a Jewish education. Wortzman said that...
Does Anti-Semitism Threaten American Jews?
JNS.org - In a recent issue of Time magazine, Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, former president of the Union for Reform Judaism, writes that anti-Semitism is...
Inside the Presidents Conference and the J Street Vote
The fractious public reaction to the rejection of J Street's membership by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has been based on...
Reform Jews Accuse Movement’s Head of ‘Divisive’ Leadership Over J Street Issue
JNS.org - More than 40 Reform Jews accused the head of the movement's umbrella organization of "divisive" leadership over his threat to pull...
The State Department’s Campaign Against the ‘Jewish State’ Idea—in 1954
JNS.org - Secretary of State John Kerry's remark last week that it is a "mistake" to insist that the Palestinian Authority recognize Israel as a...
Russian Jews Provide Great Hope for American Jewry
I just returned from a fascinating weekend in Connecticut where I was the keynote speaker for the National Russian Jewish Shabbaton, hosted by Chamah International...
Rabbi Creates ‘Playlist’ for Changing Tunes of Synagogue Life
JNS.org - Rabbi Kerry Olitzky is an optimist. While other Jewish communal leaders worry about dwindling rates of affiliation, Olitzky points to the creation of 600...
Book: American Jews Are Endangered Species
JNS.org - Let the general reader be warned: Shaul Magid's new book, "American Post-Judaism," is not easy to read. The writing is dense, and the...
American Jewry at the Crossroads: Isaac Mayer Wise, Solomon Schechter, and now…Avi Weiss and Sara Hurwitz
On July 11, 1883 a dinner honoring the first graduating class of Hebrew Union College (the rabbinical seminary of Reform Judaism), was held in...
An Honest Answer to John Kerry’s Question to American Jewry
And now, let us honestly answer U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's question to American Jews this week. "Ma nishtana (what is different) this time?" asked...
