Posts Tagged: Jewish organizations
What the Ron Dermer Appointment Signals
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement this week that his trusted aide Ron Dermer will replace Michael Oren as the Jewish State's ambassador to Washington is...
Leading Jewish Groups Come to Aid of Oklahoma Tornado Victims
Prominent international Jewish organizations are coming to the aid of the victims of Monday's devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City region with wind...
Napolitano Praises Jewish Community Security in Post-Boston Bombings Summit
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano made an unscheduled appearance at a Secure Community Network (SCN) summit of leaders from the Jewish Federation and...
Siblings in Synch
The Jewish People had been busy inaugurating the Mishkan, the sanctuary in the wilderness and G-d's first official dwelling place on earth. A whole week...
Obama, in Plea by 30 Jewish Groups, Asked to free Pollard Before 10,000th Day in Prison
While President Barack Obama recently said he has no immediate plans to grant clemency to convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, national Jewish organizations are maintaining their...
Major Jewish Groups Call for Further Review of Chuck Hagel Record
Jewish groups are seconding the call of Senate Republicans for further review of defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel before a final vote is held on...
ZOA’s Klein Says Jewish Leaders Called Him to Stop Opposing Hagel
American Jewish leaders have pressed the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) to stop publicly opposing the nomination of Chuck Hagel for defense secretary because making...
Brooklyn College, The Sunday Times and the Most Effective Response to Anti-Semitism
The public expression of ugly anti-Semitic sentiment recently seems to have become more frequent. The rise of far Right parties in Europe, and the success of...
Chas Freeman, “Fifth Columnists” and the ‘Guardian Left’
Indeed, for some on the Guardian Left, the narrative advanced about many political debates in Washington could be reduced to 'the enemy of the 'Israel...
Reform Leader Sees GA as Synergy of Federation and Synagogue Worlds (INTERVIEW)
BALTIMORE—Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement's congregational arm, was an atypical choice as scholar-in-residence for the 2012 Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)...
Jewish Groups React Swiftly to Escalation of Gaza Rocket Attacks on Israel
Jewish organizations had an outpouring of reaction on Wednesday to the escalation of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel that had started Saturday—conveying their prayers for...
Jewish Organizations Launch Sandy Relief Efforts
Days after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, leaving more than 70 people dead, Jewish organizations launched comprehensive relief...
The Hurricane They Almost Named ‘Israel’
While Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on East Coast Jewish communities, another storm 11 years ago made serious political waves in the Jewish world. It's not unusual...
Sukkot: The Environmental Perspective
The weather is changing and in North America the leaves are falling, yet around this time of year Jews persist in going outside just when...
