Tag: American Jewish community
Summer camp serves as a bridge between young Israelis and Diaspora Jewry
Kibbutz Shfayim is simply gorgeous. With palm trees and Hebrew signs everywhere, it doesn’t have the feel of an American summer camp.
Yet somehow, with enough American camp staff, small bunk-like guest houses and goofy...
At IAC conference, Pence denounces Airbnb boycott, reaffirms support for Israel
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence denounced condemned the online marketplace and hospitality service Airbnb on Friday for delisting some 200 rental properties this month in Judea and Samaria, which the company alleged as “Israeli settlements in the occupied...
SCOTUS to hear case that could affect issues directly relevant to American Jewry
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a case that could have ramifications for the American Jewish community.
The highest court in the land agreed to hear arguments in Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning...
Who speaks for the Jews, and why do we let them?
The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as the newest associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was greeted by the organized Jewish world in the same manner as his nomination by U.S. President Donald Trump....
AJC Mourns Shoshana Cardin
AJC mourns the passing of Shoshana Cardin, a trailblazing leader of the American Jewish community. The former AJC Vice President and longtime Board of Governors member was a committed, knowledgeable and proud Jew. She died...
Jewish, Christian leaders visit Guatemala to affirm Central American nation’s ‘courageous act’ on Jerusalem
(January 29, 2018 / JNS) In the wake of Guatemala’s decision to relocate its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem following President Donald Trump’s historic announcement of the same policy decision in early December, a large delegation of Jewish...
Netanyahu’s unexpected confrontation with US Jews
The meeting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had with Jerry Silverman, the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, on June 27 failed to allay the tempest that the prime minister had just stirred up...