Anti-Semitism in the United States: New Facts About (Mostly) Feelings
Shmuel Rosner
October 26, 2020
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Reckoning with Race
Stephen Smith
June 16, 2020
Through these tough weeks and challenging conversations, I’ve relearned the fundamental truth that the basic unit of change is the individual.
‘Believe Us’: Black Jews Respond to the George Floyd Protests, in Their Own Words
Josefin Dolsten, JTA
June 1, 2020
Holocaust Survivors Teach Us ‘There Is No Forgiveness Without Rage’
Stephen Smith
May 31, 2020
Take it from a Holocaust survivor, reacting to the protests: “Forgiveness cannot be realized without justice.”
Jewish groups condemn racism, anti-Semitism in 2016 campaign
Jewish Journal
July 7, 2016
The Anti-Defamation League and 27 other Jewish social justice organizations penned a forceful open letter imploring political candidates to put an end to the racism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia they say has emerged in this year’s campaign.
9 iconic sites that celebrate American Jewish history
Jewish Journal
July 1, 2016
Monday is Independence Day in the U.S. That means it’s time for many Americans to take a day off, watch some fireworks and grill large amounts of meat to enjoy with friends and family.\n\n
Jewish researchers dispute some Pew religion survey data
Sue Fishkoff
February 29, 2008
American Jews are adopting and discarding their Jewish identities with increasing rapidity in a country that is becoming less white and less Christian, according to a new study of religious affiliation in the United States.But just hours after the study\’s publication Monday, Jewish demographers already were disputing some of the findings on Jews, contending that the sample is too small to draw meaningful conclusions.
On Second Thought
Joshua Metzger
September 28, 2007
This week, I will sit on my porch, gaze at the pergola and see in its place a bamboo mat. I will remind myself of the biblical commandment, \”in a sukkah you shall sit seven days.\”
Saluting Jewish World War II Vets
Gaby Wenig
December 4, 2003
Approximately 550,000 Jewish Americans served in the armed forces during World War II, about 4.23 percent of the total number of troops. Both Roosevelt and General Douglas MacArthur praised their bravery specifically. During the war, 52,000 Jewish soldiers received an award or decoration of some kind and 11,000 were killed.
Now, close to 60 years after World War II, veterans of the conflict have aged and their numbers are dwindling, but despite current ambivalence toward American war-like nature, America\’s participation in World War II and relative success in making the world \”safe for democracy\” is never questioned.
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