Posts Tagged: American Jews
Starbucks, Christmas and Religion in America
Like a jolt of caffeine from a five-dollar macchiato, the controversy surrounding Starbucks’ modification of its holiday season cups was sudden and intense. Maybe the company...
Biden Criticizes Anti-Obama Comments Made by Netanyahu’s Slated Spokesperson
US Vice President Joseph Biden stressed the Obama administration’s “rock solid” commitment to Israeli security in an address to 5,000 American Jews on Saturday night. Biden...
Pew Study: US Religious Belief Down, Jewish Daily Prayer Up
JNS.org - While America has seen a decline in religious belief and behavior in the last seven years, the majority of Americans are still religious, according...
American Jews Must Choose Between the Liberal and the Existential
We are witnessing the simultaneous ghettoization of Israel and of Jews in US politics. Barring a political realignment among American Jews, it’s only going to...
American Jews Must Confront the Obama Administration on Israel
It is now evident that, by and large, the Jewish establishment has adopted a policy of deafening silence in relation to condemning or protesting against...
A Watershed for America’s Jews?
Are the years when the United States was a supremely comfortable place for American Jews coming to an end? Thanks to President Obama’s polices, the...
More US Jews Said to Be Packing Weapons, Applying for Gun Permits After Antisemitic Attacks in New York
More Jews in the U.S. have decided on keeping themselves armed in light of the recent terror attacks taking place across Israel, according to a New...
Survey: Only 6 Percent of American Jews ‘Very Confident’ in IAEA Ability to Police Iran Nuclear Deal
The majority of American Jews lack confidence in the ability of the U.S. and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to monitor Iran's compliance with the...
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...
Living in Israel and Visiting America Inspire Self-Reflection
JNS.org - As I sit on a bench at the First Station in Jerusalem, just about to leave Israel for a weeklong conference in the U.S.,...
MP Irwin Cotler Explains Why Canadians and Americans Differ on Iran Nuclear Deal (INTERVIEW)
“Foreign policy doesn’t have the salience in Canada as it does in the United States,” Liberal MP Irwin Cotler told The Algemeiner on Wednesday. “And the...
Pew Report: Orthodox Jews Resemble Evangelicals More Than Other Jews
JNS.org - A new report published by the Pew Research Center claims that Orthodox Jews more closely resemble evangelical Christians in their religious and political beliefs...
15 Ways Being Jewish Is Meaningful
Surveys reveal a disturbingly large number of American Jews who feel disconnected from their Jewish identity. How painfully sad! In response, and with the High...
The Mindset of Progressive Jews and the ‘Israeli Problem’
JNS.org - In the sweltering heat of a Chicago summer, my friend marched outside the South African consulate, protesting apartheid. Years earlier, she had protested Jim...
