(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The Pew Research Center’s latest study of American Jews came out last week, with few bombshells. That’s probably because the study confirms what anyone paying close attention has probably already suspected.
For...
I frequently have noted that I spent my early adulthood as a liberal, supporting Democratic Party candidates, the welfare state and other manifestatiwons of liberalism.
For example, I was president of the Young Democrats as an undergraduate in college...
I am glue.
That is what 17-year-old me wrote in a personal essay to get into college many (many) years ago. At that time, I had not developed a career path, built up a résumé or was gifted in music or sports. I felt quite ordinary compared with...
(JTA) — The horrific violence that has erupted over the past few days between Israel’s Jewish and Arab citizens came as a surprise to many. After all, haven’t we heard recently that the elected representatives of Arab citizens of Israel in the Knesset...
(JTA) — The term “pogrom” is unfortunately back in our lexicon.
Last week, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin described attacks by “a bloodthirsty Arab mob” in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod as a “pogrom.” A Jewish vigilante in Lod...
Friday is the day most Jewish Israelis, secular and religious, prepare for Shabbat. The secular go to cafes, shopping malls and the beach. The religious prepare themselves and their children for Friday night synagogue and dinner. For Israeli Muslims,...
I sit here with the windows wide open on a beautiful May evening, thinking about my fellow Israelis living in the southern part of the country that have been under rocket attack for the past day and praying for the speedy recovery of those hurt and mourning...
Once again, we find ourselves knee-deep in what we at our Shul affectionately refer to as “the Purim, Pesach, Shavuot Vortex.” This year, as we remain mired in the messiness of the pandemic, I have light-heartedly redubbed this intense time of the...
After this year’s J Street National Conference last month, I wanted to provide a summary of the event for those still wondering what J Street is all about.
Before I do, I want to note the ongoing violent escalation taking place in Israel and Gaza....
GALIT LEV-HARIR and TRACI GOLDSTEIN
• Published May 14, 2021
Over the past several years, leadership from St. Louis Friends of Israel (SLFI) has met with the Jewish Community Relations Council on several occasions to express our view that JCRC promotes a skewed left-wing bias to the community in its formal communications...
(JTA) — When I was growing up in Haifa, the city’s mixed population was a steady background, often overlooked rather than noted with wonder. Jews and Arabs lived, worked and raised children side by side, at times together. As part of a secular family,...
This article first appeared on Kveller.
Last night was the second time that I hugged my children in a bomb shelter.
The first time was on Nov. 12, 2019. That day, I heard a siren indicating that rockets were headed to my new home in the city of...
