Tag: Diaspora
Leading Reform Rabbi: Kotel controversy should spur American Jews to engage more with Israel
A leading American Reform rabbi said that the best approach to the controversy over canceled plans for an egalitarian prayer area at the Kotel, or Western Wall, would be for American Jews to become...
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...
A look at Jewish life in Shanghai through Chinese eyes
As a student studying the Holocaust at the University of Haifa, I was honored to do a short-term internship at the Jewish Museum Berlin with the team working on the new permanent exhibition. Before...