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Must Read: Iran’s nuclear perspective, Israel’s other refugee problem, and the true atomic threat
May 20, 2012
May 15, 2012
May 14, 2012
‘Raising young American Jews to feel Israel matters isn’t as “naturally occurring” as it was’
May 10, 2012
Finally more clarity: 27%-29% of Jews tilt Republican?
Krugman’s bravery, second round
About Conservative ordination of openly gay rabbis
April 29, 2012
April 27, 2012
The ‘bravery’ of Beinart, and Krugman
April 25, 2012
April 20, 2012
April 17, 2012
“America needs a Jewish values voice’’
‘Anti-Israelism is driven by the existence of the Jewish state, not its policies’
Ulysses Grant and the Jewish vote, and its 2012 parallels
Passover is important, so you might as well go to a Seder
April 6, 2012
The best representative of American Jewish values (guess who?)
April 4, 2012
April 3, 2012
‘Distancing’ from Israel is used to drive political and institutional agendas
‘You can’t really support the State of the Jewish People unless you recognize Jewish Peoplehood’
March 30, 2012
So Israelis think that US Jewish support is “essential’’ – so what?
‘Many in J Street are pro-peace first and pro-Israel second’
March 21, 2012
March 20, 2012
March 16, 2012
USC president on campus pluralism and the BDS campaign
March 13, 2012
March 12, 2012
‘Research shows no link between political views and emotional ties to Israel’
‘Israeli lawmakers should care about the agenda of the American Jewish community’
February 19, 2012
Jodi Rudoren of the New York Times, I hope I’m wrong
February 15, 2012
The end of Jews “distancing” from Israel? (Yeah, right)
‘Familiarity with the New Testament can enhance Jewish understanding’
Must Read, February 8, 2012
Overcoming ‘back-next-year’ syndrome
How to spin the Florida Jewish vote
Hanukkah miracle: Israeli Jews light more candles than American Jews
Must Read, January 24, 2012
The most interesting question about the Florida Jewish vote
Must Read, January 22, 2012
Is American Jewry Failing On Iran?
Debates still rage over the actions of American Jewry during the Holocaust. Given the outcome, however, it is hard to dispute that the earlier generation of leaders failed. While today’s threat is not the same as the one faced then, the danger posed by a nuclear Iran is considered an existential one by Israel. The question is whether we are repeating the mistakes of the past and placing Jews at risk of another catastrophe.
Stations of the Six-Pointed Star
The two greatest Jewish inventions of the 20th century are, to my mind at least, Hollywood and Israel.
As Jewish communities unite, disconnects persist
Howard Rieger, the top professional of organized American Jewry as president and chief executive officer of the national organization United Jewish Communities (UJC), figures that criticism comes with the territory.
"Any time you make changes, some people will admire you and some will not," he said in a phone interview. "If you can't keep that in perspective, you become immobilized and don't belong in this position."
Benefits bolster the case for reciprocity
The past few months saw rising temperatures of accusations and counteraccusations among sections of the Jewish community. Leftist Jews criticized Israel,
professor Alvin Rosenfeld criticized anti-Zionist Jews, the American Jewish Committee (AJCommittee) published Rosenfeld's article, Rob Eshman criticized Rosenfeld ("Shutting Jewish Mouths," Feb. 16) and Jewish Journal readers criticized Eshman (Letters, Feb. 23).
L.A.‘s Jews and other minorities: oh, how we’ve danced!
In Los Angeles, the most diverse city in the world, we Jews have grappled long and hard with our sense of place in America. Ultimately, having found our "place in the sun," we have forged meaningful relations with many of the communities that make up this complicated goulash.
Safety in Numbers
The immediate effect of a new, painstaking, multiyear, $6 million population survey of American Jewry has been to convince Jewish professionals that whatever they've been doing is the best thing for American Jewry.
Home on the Mesa
Some folks say New Mexico is the face of America's future. A barren moonscape of rocky peaks and desert mesas, it's a study in contrasts, a high-tech haven amid some of the nation's worst poverty. It's home to the Los Alamos nuclear labs and the ancient Acoma pueblo, America's oldest continuous human settlement. It's where the eternal meets the unexpected.
That's never been truer than it is this spring. Democrats in Albuquerque, the state's largest city, are angling to capture the local congressional seat for the first time in decades. The primary race is becoming a nasty, four-way brawl. It's also becoming, in a mysterious way, a vision of American Jewry's future.
Ramah’s Policy in Black and White
In the latest effort to define its religious boundaries, the Conservative movement has directed its summer camping system to notify parents that prospective campers must be Jewish according to halacha, or Jewish law, to be accepted.
A Debate on Focus
Jewish community leaders across the country are buzzing nervously these days about a family feud within the Jewish philanthropic world that could help shape the political profile of American Jewry for years. It's one of those spats where both sides are a little bit right and a little bit wrong, and everyone else wishes they'd just cool off before they break something and get us all in trouble. So far, sadly, there's no sign of temperatures dropping.
The Young Leaders
Israel is on its way to becoming a back-burner issue in much of the American Jewish community. Studies show that the younger the Jew, the less connection he or she feels to what is, let's try to remember, the Jewish homeland. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, which used to give Israel 50 percent of the funds it raised, has cut that figure by nearly half. One of the Federation's "old leaders" pointed out to me that Israel isn't even mentioned any more in Federation advertising -- it's bad for business. Israel has become a wormy apple for many American Jews -- all this unpleasantness with the Palestinians and, on top of that, a hot, fuming plateful of disrespect for Conservative and Reform rabbis and the Judaism they practice.
Body Building
Some 3,000 delegates from Jewish welfare federations across North America convened in Jerusalem on Nov. 16 for the yearly General Assembly of their roof body, the Council of Jewish Federations. It's the first assembly held in Israel in the council's 66-year history.
The Valley
Binyamin Netanyahu's crises never come singly. One, of prime interest to American Jewry, was put on hold this week. Another, which hogged the headlines for Israelis, ended with blood on the saddle.
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