Posts Tagged: American Jews
Israel, US Jews, and the Left-Right Rift
JNS.org - In an op-ed this week on the rift between American Jews and Israel, Haaretz’s Chemi Shalev compares the “troubled marriage” to a romantic union gone sour....
Hanukkah’s Legacy in America
The legacy of Hanukkah has played a major role in shaping the American ethos and state of mind, from the early Pilgrims through the Founding...
Once Again, the Media Ignores Violence Against Israeli Jews
American and European media outlets have produced dozens of stories about the Netanyahu government possibly falling apart after agreeing to a ceasefire with the terrorist...
Dual Loyalty and the Jews
The murder of 11 Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh was followed by the release of an FBI publication, which reported that 60 percent of all...
Pittsburgh 2018: A French Moment for the American Jewish Community
October 3, 1980 was a special day on the Jewish calendar. Jews around the world celebrated both Shabbat and Simchat Torah that day. Inside Copernic...
Antisemites to the Left of Me, Nazis to the Right: Stuck in the Middle With Jews
We enjoyed a wonderful 60-year run, we American Jews. The postwar boom of the 1940s and 1950s heralded a Golden Age of Jewish cultural acceptance...
What Americans Must Do After Pittsburgh to Thwart Antisemitism
"Some people don't like other people just because they're Jews," declared a main character in the 1947 Oscar-winning American classic, "A Gentleman's Agreement." The crematoria at...
A Call to GA Participants
First, permit me to open this column by expressing my distress that for the first time, the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) are holding...
Poll: Half of Israeli Voters Believe Netanyahu Isn’t Doing Enough to Strengthen Connection With American Jews
Almost half of Israeli voters believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to strengthen the connection between Israeli and American Jews, a new...
American Teenagers Spend Their Summer Saving Lives in Israel
JNS.org - Sophie Roth, 17, from Long Island, New York, had always watched as ambulances whirred by, and wondered what it would be like to...
Volunteers for Israel Dig Into New Program Starting This Fall
JNS.org - Volunteers for Israel, a 36-year-old nonprofit organization that encourages American Jews to lend their services to help the Jewish state, announces a new pilot...
The Struggle for the Jewish Soul
Last week, I wrote about the vast divide between communities of Jews totally at odds religiously and politically. But there is another divide much closer to...
My Late Father: The Greatest Generation Up Close
Twenty years ago this week, my father passed away. In his declining years, he had few friends and only a tiny family, and since he was...
Constructive Dialogue Remains Critical to Moving American Zionism Forward
JNS.org -- For Israelis, Zionism is part and parcel of the national experience, regardless of religious or political affiliation. Yet in America, where Judaism has been...
