Tag: American Jewish Organizations
Why boycotts of Israel are never kosher
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have thought that he was initiating a truce in the battle over judicial reform when he paused efforts to pass his legislative initiative. But the demonstrations against the...
Jewish leaders wish Pope Francis a speedy recovery
As doctors treat Pope Francis, who has been in the hospital for several days due to a respiratory infection, many Jewish supporters and friends are expressing hope for his improving health. Media reports say...
Lack of time, lack of interest, politics: why so many US Jews avoid communal...
Thirty-two percent of American Jews do not have time to be involved with Jewish organizations and institutions, and 28% do not consider those organizations a high priority on a personal level, according to a...
American Jewish organizations issue a range of reactions to Israel’s election results
As the results of the Israeli general election became clearer on Wednesday, American Jewish organizations issued a range of reactions.
Some continued with the message consistently disseminated by mainstream American Jewry—that Israel’s democracy was to...
Conservative groups: ‘CNN’ downplays anti-Semitic hate and violence towards Orthodox Jews
Orthodox and politically conservative Jewish groups are criticizing CNN’s special report on anti-Semitism that aired on Sunday night, alleging that it whitewashed anti-Semitism directed at Orthodox Jews coming from the political left.
The hour-long “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in...
Jewish groups pour in cash to take on self-funding millionaire Michigan congressional candidate
With most eyes focused on Tuesday’s primary race between Democratic Reps. Andy Levin and Haley Stevens in Michigan’s 11th Congressional District, pro-Israel groups are heavily invested in another district with a hotly contested open House seat.
Michigan’s...
Jewish groups react to mass shooting in Buffalo, lamenting dismal shared experience of late
While no Jewish people were victims of Saturday’s shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., in which 10 people were killed and three injured, Jewish communal organizations reacted strongly to the incident, which was...
Malcolm Hoenlein, 50 years at helm of pro-Israel groups, still works to strengthen world...
After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the annual Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Mission to Israel kicks off Sunday in Jerusalem.
The umbrella group, which represents more than 50...
Jewish groups urge UN not to use ‘false claims’ of Amnesty report against Israel
The blowback over a biased report by Amnesty International on Israel continues nearly a week after its release as 469 organizations and more than 4,000 individuals signed a strongly-worded letter on Monday urging U.N. Secretary-General António...
Dozens of Jewish groups blast anti-Israel UN probe, urge secretary general to end it
Forty-one Jewish organizations wrote to U.N. Security General António Guterres and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet demanding an end to the “one-sided farce” of a probe by the U.N. Human Rights...