April 5th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Joshua Ratner What is the essence of Passover? On the one hand, it seems obvious: Passover is about gathering together with loved ones to recall, through sumptuous home rituals, the exodus from Egypt. We gather ... Read More →
March 29th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Kyle Gersman (JTA via the Forward) – Last week, Ohio State University Hillel was accused of being anti-LGBT because it was forced to disassociate with a Jewish LGBT campus group, B’nai Keshet, after the group ... Read More →
March 22nd, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Stephen M. Flatow The Trump administration has revealed that four years ago the U.S. secretly indicted a Palestinian-Jordanian terrorist who was involved in the murders of American citizens. So why is Jordan still refusing to ... Read More →
March 15th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Daniel Elbaum and Marc Stern (JTA) — Almost daily accounts of vandalized cemeteries, spray-painted swastikas and bomb threats to JCCs and other Jewish agencies have naturally evoked considerable alarm. Clearly, we must never reconcile ourselves ... Read More →
March 8th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Ben Cohen/JNS.org For those of us who spent much of 2016, based upon then-candidate Donald Trump’s own bombastic declarations, worrying about the thrust of the foreign policy of a future Trump administration, President Trump’s address ... Read More →
March 1st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Elana Kahn (JTA) – I was privileged recently to participate as the sole Jewish voice at a news conference with Latino leaders, community activists and faith groups at which we spoke loudly and clearly in ... Read More →
February 22nd, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) – Almost 30 years ago, the late theater impresario Joe Papp got into hot water when he canceled a scheduled production of a pro-Palestinian play at his flagship Manhattan theater, the Public. ... Read More →
January 25th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, attended the Inauguration Day service Friday, Jan. 20 at St. John’s Episcopal Church, a tradition that goes back to 1933. The live video showed ... Read More →
January 18th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rafael Medoff After a year in which Jewish-Black relations were strained by the Movement for Black Lives’ denunciation of Israel and other uncomfortable incidents, it’s worth recalling a little-known episode that points to the kind ... Read More →
December 7th, 2016 | by LedgerOnline
By Andrew Sacks JERUSALEM (JTA) — Like many of my friends, I grew up in the United States with a strong affinity for Israel. As a child we saved money to buy trees, learned Israeli songs, ... Read More →
By Ann Pava I like to believe that I’m passionate Read more →
By Charles Dunst NEW YORK (JTA) – Anthony Bourdain was Read more →
By Rafael Medoff A new exhibit at the United States Read more →
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) – Last week, Shabbat couldn’t come Read more →
By Dror Markus The timing screams out at us Israelis Read more →
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