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'Israel is losing U. S. Jews " and its security will suffer as a result"
8+ hour, 20+ min ago (333+ words) As Israel is fighting enemies on multiple fronts, it can't afford to lose any of its vital strategic assets. And according to Dr. Avishay Ben Sasson-Gordis, a researcher at Tel Aviv's Institute for National Security Studies, it is in danger…...
The raucous and roundabout story of Reform Judaism
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (205+ words) A short history of how a movement founded to make synagogues feel less 'Jewy' spent two centuries quietly putting the Jewishness back Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Walk into a Reform synagogue…...
How Trump's second term marks the ascendance of the new Jewish Orthodox right
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (324+ words) Haaretz How Trump's Second Term Marks the Ascendance of The New Jewish Orthodox Right Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Not long ago, it would have been unthinkable that a U. S. president would hold…...
'Why should Israel belong to a Belgian Jew more than to a Druze from here?"
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (247+ words) 'Why should Israel belong to a Belgian Jew more than to a Druze from here?' Haaretz 'Why Should Israel Belong to a Belgian Jew More Than to a Druze From the Carmel?' Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and…...
The future of American Jewry looks bleak
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (98+ words) Haaretz A declining population and a growing ultra-Orthodox minority threaten to reduce the community's wealth and influence. With Israel more dependent than ever on America, that is worrisome The model guiding Israel-Diaspora relations over the years has Israel as the…...
Bill banning egalitarian prayer at Western Wall to face serious legal challenges
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (76+ words) Haaretz The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee held its first hearing on the controversial legislation, which would also effectively outlaw Women of the Wall. A senior Justice Ministry official said it could violate basic religious and civil rights A…...
Israel's U. S. ambassador calls J Street a 'cancer within Jewish community"
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (206+ words) Ambassador Yechiel Leiter accused the liberal pro-Israel group of being 'duplicitous' over its calls to phase out U. S. military aid to Israel; J Street's president said Leiter should engage instead of 'calling us names' Israel's ambassador to the United States accused…...
Orthodox rabbi at U. S. Christian prayer rally: 'Antisemitism is un-American"
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (75+ words) Orthodox Rabbi at U. S. Christian Prayer Rally: 'Antisemitism Is un-American' Haaretz Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, the only non-Christian speaker at the 'Redicate 250' rally at the National Mall on Sunday, invoked Irving Berlin's 'God Bless America' to argue that Jewish refuge and American…...
Bill banning egalitarian prayer at Western Wall advances to Knesset committee
6+ day, 6+ hour ago (119+ words) The committee will prepare legislation for a final Knesset vote. If passed, Reform and Conservative Jews could face up to seven years in jail for participating in mixed-prayer services " as is their custom " at the Jewish holy site The Knesset…...
Why asking 'are you a Zionist?' is no longer relevant | Opinion
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (127+ words) The Israeli left is once again being dragged into a debate over Zionism "but the concept no longer means what it once did Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format The Israeli left is…...