For science and U.S. jobs: Allow Israelis to visit America visa-free

Published on January 15, 2013

The majority of Americans are supportive of Israel. Still, for good reasons, many in Jewish and pro-Israel communities are deeply anxious about both the security of Israel and the future of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Conversations From Twitter – Part 7

By Ilana Angel
Published on June 27, 2012

My Dad’s an Asian Male Model

By Elliot Steingart
Published on March 28, 2012

City redistricting plan has potential to affect Asian-Americans

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on February 22, 2012

I was too young to see Hank Greenberg play. That was my father’s generation. But growing up in New Jersey, I well remember the day when Sandy Koufax, playing for the Dodgers, announced his electrifying decision to sit out a 1965 World Series game on Yom Kippur. Koufax’s action was a great source of pride to a Jewish kid with a baseball glove perennially at hand and who had heard way too many jokes about the thin book of Jewish sports heroes.

Classical Musicians’ Volume Decreases

By Beverly Gray
Published on March 9, 2006

There was a time when Jews dominated the ranks of American orchestras, and superstars like Leonard Bernstein and Isaac Stern were musical ambassadors to the world. The fact that today's master Jewish musicians tend to have proteges with names like Yo Yo Ma, Kyung-Wha Chung and Lang Lang is one hint that for many Jews, classical music is no longer a top priority.

Love, Jewish-American Style

By Michael Aushenker
Published on January 29, 1998

Despite the abundance of Jewish filmmakers in the entertainment industry, Jewish Americans fall somewhere ahead of Asian-Americans and well below Anglo- and African-Americans as a group represented on celluloid. And no one is more aware of that than film historian and author Harry Medved, whose "Cinema Beshert: Meeting Your Mate at the Movies" film series at the University of Judaism focuses on love,Jewish-American style.