The Jewish Council for Public Affairs presents its prestigious Tikkun Olam Awards annually to individuals who have displayed extraordinary efforts to make the world a better place and a passion for civic engagement and justice. The 2020 honorees include...
WASHINGTON — Jewish leaders representing the Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist movements are all answering the nation’s call for ideas to end gun violence. Together, they have held news conferences, written to Vice President Joe...
NEW YORK -- When President Obama publicly endorsed same-sex marriage two weeks ago, most secular Jewish leaders applauded while some religious ones disagreed -- the latter group joining their Catholic counterparts. In doing so, these representatives...
Lessons of ‘Hunger Games’ [Regarding the April 18 commentary, “An Israeli perspective on the ‘Hunger Games’”] I have also read the “Hunger Games” trilogy because I wanted to know what my grandchildren’s generation found so intriguing....
By David A.M. Wilensky, JTA
• Published April 25, 2012
NEW YORK—In the eyes of the Zionist Organization of America, the most depraved enemies of the Jewish people are obnoxious college campus loudmouths. As the editor of New Voices, a national magazine by and for Jewish college students, I have a different...
By Shira Schoenberg, JTA
• Published April 20, 2012
BOSTON—When the U.S. Supreme Court effectively legalized school vouchers in 2002, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs called it “a devastating blow to one of the foundations of our democracy”: the separation of church and state. Four years earlier,...
By Morton A. Klein and Susan B. Tuchman, JTA
• Published April 16, 2012
Imagine if the NAACP responded with skepticism to the passage of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and urged African Americans to exercise their civil rights cautiously under this law. Title VI was landmark legislation when it was passed in 1964 to remedy...
By Steve Gutow and Abby Leibman
• Published April 5, 2012
A well-known D.C. maxim advises that any economic stimulus must be timely, targeted and temporary. So as legislators begin drafting the 2012 Farm Bill, why are some proposing to cut a program that responds in direct relation to need, supports recipients...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 4, 2012
For those exploring seder options this Passover, St. Louis presents no shortage of opportunities to mark the holiday with a variety of specially themed gatherings to suit any taste. St. Louis University and the Jewish Community Relations Council held...
WASHINGTON -- Jewish groups are among dozens of religious denominations and organizations endorsing a "Faithful Budget" in opposition to the Republican budget proposal, which would cut Medicaid spending and disproportionately shift Medicare costs to fixed-income...
In conjunction with a national mobilization focused on poverty issues, the Jewish Community Relations Council and St. Louis University are organizing an interfaith Hunger Awareness Seder to take place at 5 p.m. Monday, April 2 on the SLU campus. The...
WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith leaders briefed lawmakers on their tour of Indonesia, Jordan and Israel. The six day trip, on the role of religion in advancing Middle East peace, was led by Rabbi Sid Schwarz and included...
