Tag: American Jews
Sacrificing my childhood
Every Rosh Hashanah when I was a child, my friend’s father would ask us a question at the meal following davening: What kind of Jewish God asks a man to sacrifice his son?
He was...
American Jews should care about and support the independence of Kurdistan
Why should American Jews care about and support the independence of Kurdistan?
Because Iraqi Kurdistan is one of the very rare areas of the Middle East where Jews and Judaism are viewed positively.
Because on the...
Jews once fought — and died — for voting rights. Here’s why some are...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are about the closest American Jews have to secular saints. The two Jewish civil rights workers traveled south for the Freedom Summer campaign of 1964, joining the African-American...
Israel, Diaspora at brink of serious rift, us Jewish leader warns
A top US Conservative rabbi urged MKs Monday to understand the precarious situation of the Jewish people in light of recent clashes between the Diaspora and Israel over issues of religious pluralism.
Speaking at a meeting hosted...
Netanyahu’s dismantling relationship with US Jewry
Say you had a friend who always asked for favors, but never returned them when needed. What would you do? It is safe to assume you would stop being their friend. And what if...
An ode to the Jewish American experience in honor of Independence Day
Jews have been a part of the American experience from the beginning. We’ve shared in her trials and tribulations. We arrived with the first settlers in New Amsterdam, and later we participated in the great...
American Jews plan campaign to change Israeli minds about Judaism’s diversity
American Jewish leaders, outraged by a recent Israeli government decision to abandon an agreement to create a pluralistic, state-funded prayer space at the Western Wall, plan to plead their case directly to the Israeli...
Six months later: The impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on American Jews
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s surprising November victory, five new developments are reshaping the Jewish landscape in this country. As we observe Jewish political behavior six months into this extraordinary period in American...
This 136-year-old Jewish agency for refugees has a new mission in the Trump era:...
On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump made Mark Hetfield’s job impossible.
Hetfield is the president and CEO of HIAS, an organization that resettles refugees in the United States. A week into his presidency, Trump issued...
Jewish Leaders Express Relief Over Trump Administration’s Disavowal of Claim That Western Wall Is...
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has welcomed a clarification from President Donald Trump’s administration that it does not regard the Western Wall in Jerusalem as a “part of the West...