Tag: Progressive Judaism
We shouldn’t overdo it with the apologies
Fresh off a day of fasting and breast-beating, many Jews had spent Yom Kippur atoning for sins, committing to change and hoping for the best when it comes to the Book of Life. (I...
Left-wing Jewish groups urge Biden not to enforce Trump’s ‘Made in Israel’ label policy
Six left-wing Jewish organizations asked the Biden administration on Tuesday to revoke a policy by the former Trump administration to label goods from Judea and Samaria, more commonly known as the West Bank, as...
American Jewry’s days of reckoning
On Sept. 29, U.S. President Donald Trump set out his nationalist political philosophy in his address before the U.N. General Assembly. Arguing that the nation-state is the best guarantor of human freedom and liberty,...
Dermer encourages rabbinical coalition to improve US-Israel dialogue
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer is encouraging a coalition of American rabbis, representing the three major streams of Judaism, to improve deteriorating relations between Israel and American Jews, particularly among the...