Posts Tagged: American Jews
The Legacy of the Rebbe: We Must Never Give Up on Any Jew
JNS.org - The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been in the news recently due to a video clip of people laying tefillin at an airport. I would like to discuss...
Poll: American and Israeli Jews Differ Sharply in Views on Trump, Settlements, Social-Religious Issues
JNS.org - The political and social-religious divide between Israeli and American Jews has widened considerably, according to a poll published by the American Jewish Committee. Just 46...
The American Public and Israel: A Record of Support, But Clouds on the Horizon
Gallup has conducted polls of American public opinion towards Israel since the 1947 UN Partition Resolution. Since 1977, Gallup has conducted such surveys annually and, during...
Searching for Meaning Behind an Empty Metaphor
JNS.org – For those who worry about the future of American Jewry, Passover brings some comfort. According to a survey published in 2014 by the Pew Research...
How (and Why) Israel Must Bridge Its Gap with American Jewry
JNS.org - Israeli society takes pride in high-achieving Jews, whether they live in Israel or in the Diaspora. We are even proud of émigrés who have success abroad....
Survey: Almost All Israeli Jews Host or Join a Seder
JNS.org - According to a Jewish People Policy Institute survey of 3,000 respondents, 97 percent of Israelis Jews say they either host or participate in a...
AIPAC, Purim and the Need for American Jewish Unity
The 2018 annual AIPAC policy conference, which this year was held right after Purim in Washington, DC, offered a perfect opportunity to reflect on the...
Why Can’t American Students Show Common Sense on Antisemitism?
Supported by antisemitic faculty who seek to redefine Jew hatred in such a way that excludes themselves, American students seem to be unable and unwilling to...
Combatting Assimilation: An Ancient and Modern Commandment
It was recently reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted as saying that the future of world Jewry was limited to the Orthodox...
Did Trump Help the Israel-Diaspora Divide?
JNS.org - If there's one thing that the overwhelmingly liberal American Jewish community generally agrees on these days, it’s President Donald Trump. The vast majority of...
Ultra-Liberal New York Times Obsesses About Israel’s ‘Ultra-Orthodox’
One of the clearest warning signs of bias in the press is a double standard — a similar story that’s treated one way if it...
Tzipi Hotovely’s Comments Highlight Underbelly of Mistrust Between US Jews and Israel
JNS.org - Controversial remarks made last week by Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely -- that American Jewry is out of touch with the daily realities of life...
Israeli-American Group Seeks to Be ‘Glue,’ Not ‘Wedge,’ for US Jewry
JNS.org - As Jewish communal organizations throughout the US struggle to maintain membership levels and hefty annual budgets, a rapidly growing group with the energy of...
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Condemns Top Diplomat’s ‘Offensive Remarks’ About American Jews
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced what he called “offensive remarks” by Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, in which she said US Jews are “people...
