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Iran deal may transform American Jewry
One of the significant elements to this story involves American Jews opposing the president of the United States that they had helped to elect.
My Judaism: Millennials speak out following Pew poll
The Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project issued its “Portrait of Jewish Americans” on Oct. 1, setting off alarms throughout the Jewish community about the future of Jewish life. Among the greatest concerns is this statement: “Among Jews in the youngest generation of U.S. adults — the Millennials — 68% identify as Jews by religion, while 32% describe themselves as having no religion and identify as Jewish on the basis of ancestry, ethnicity or culture.”
Reform leader Rick Jacobs slams Israeli gov’t discrimination against non-Orthodox
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, said American Jews should no longer acquiesce to Israeli state-sanctioned discrimination against women and non-Orthodox Jews.
Protestant churches’ letter on Israel straining ties with Jews
When 15 prominent American Protestant leaders sent a letter to Congress last week calling for an investigation and possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel, at least one outcome was certain: The Jews wouldn’t like it.
Opinion: In survey of American Jews, questions for right and left
Mark Twain famously distrusted statistics. This was due to their malleability. Ask the question the right way, and you can claim a mandate for anything.
Poll: American Jews and Muslims share common values
Muslim and Jewish Americans share common values on key questions, according to a Gallup poll.
In the eye of a racial storm
Feuding community leaders smooch and make up
I rode on the wild side — when road rage met anti-Semitism
On the way to Los Angeles International Airport this afternoon, I thought I was about to be murdered.