The Blogs: Openness is Not the Absence of Conviction | Samantha Kahn
Here’s the irony. The very people defending Reform Judaism’s commitment to openness sometimes seem uncomfortable when someone asks…
The Blogs: The Deterioration of American Jewry’s Unconditional Solidarity with Israel | Richard Diamond
The Grief of Estrangement There is a particular kind of grief that has no clean name — the…
More Jail Time for Worshippers Than Rapists: Israeli MKs Mull an Evil and Absurd Bill
On Tuesday, the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee discussed a dangerous, far-reaching bill sponsored by MK Avi…
Ambassador to US slams minister’s ‘disgusting’ remark that Reform rabbi marries dogs
For the second day in a row, Israel’s Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter on Thursday issued a…
The Blogs: Israel & the Diaspora Moving Apart: Déjà Vu All Over Again | Sam Lehman-Wilzig
The relationship between Israel and world Diaspora Jews, especially American Jewry, has been deteriorating these past few years.…
The Blogs: It Depends on Us: Realizing Declaration of Independence Promises | Yehuda Yaakov
Many Israelis note Independence Day with activities that start with bereavement and culminate in a barbeque; that’s only…
'A Moral Stain': Liberal Jewish Groups Outraged by Israel's New, Discriminatory Death Penalty Law – haaretz.com
‘A Moral Stain’: Liberal Jewish Groups Outraged by Israel’s New, Discriminatory Death Penalty Law haaretz.comOpinion: Israel’s government does not…