Posts Tagged: Jewish community
The Real Danger Facing the Jewish Community
To listen to some people, the greatest blight afflicting the Jewish community is a scourge of intolerance against dissent about Israel. The alleged...
Opinion: The National Jewish Democratic Council Doesn’t Speak for Me on Adelson
David Harris, the President of the National Jewish Democratic Council, has asked Jewish Democrats to sign a petition demanding that Mitt Romney and the rest...
Young Judaea Goes Solo, Branching out From Hadassah
Young Judaea will become an independent, not-for-profit entity in the culmination of a yearlong process to separate the 103-year-old Zionist youth movement from its sponsor,...
Jewish Federation Chooses New Slogan
The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) on Monday announced the adoption of a new tagline—"The Strength of a People. The Power of...
Pondering the Limits of Conversation
The Jewish Agency's third Global Jewish Forum is just a stone's throw away on the calendar. I use that expression intentionally. Occurring three times each...
Jewish Holiday Improvising in Nicaragua
Leaving the comforts and luxuries of home to spend a week in Nicaragua for Spring Break with the American Jewish World Service is an experience...
Shuttered Yale Center’s Director Studying anti-Semitism in New Ways
NEW YORK—Once director of the shuttered Yale Interdisciplinary Initiative for the Study of anti-Semitism (YIISA), Dr. Charles Small hasn't abandoned his academic mission...
AJC Diplomatic Seder Crosses Borders (PHOTOS)
For just over three and a half hours on March 30, 2012, representatives of some fifty nations broke matzo together at the festive Diplomatic Seder...
‘Boycott Israel,’ the Movie—Starring Emma Thompson
If Hollywood ever makes a movie about the movement to boycott Israel, I can think of no one better suited to the starring role...
Dr. Phil, Shauli Grossman, Ex-Hassidim, and the True Path to Enlightenment
Writers and pundits of all ideological stripes have weighed in on the controversy surrounding the best-selling "expose" of the Hassidic world by Deborah Feldman and...
An Open Letter on the ‘Kosher Jesus’ Tussle
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and his new book 'Kosher Jesus' recently came under attack by Chicago Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf. Rabbi Wolf called for Rabbi...
Responding to Attacks on ‘Kosher Jesus’
Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf's vicious attack against me and my new book, Kosher Jesus - to say nothing of the insane comments attending his...
As Britain Seeks a New Chief Rabbi, Extremists Rise
Two forms of religious extremism confronted me last week as lectured in the United Kingdom and launched my book Kosher Jesus at a press conference...
Feldman: The Jewish Agency Should not Host Anti-Semites
In my capacity as the President of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, I am privileged to enjoy a very active and positive relationship with the Jewish...
