May 17th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Laurence Kotler-Berkowitz (JTA) – In a recent analysis of U.S. religious groups, the Pew Research Center reported that the most educated American Jews are also the least religious. In considering these findings, it’s tempting to think that secular ... Read More →
May 10th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Alan Stein It was Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day, in Israel when I read a distressing letter, written by a Jewish woman, with the title “Why I support BDS [Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions].” Among the reasons ... Read More →
April 26th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Joshua Sharf/JNS.org In the Venn diagram of intersectionality, one group doesn’t intersect the others. “Intersectionality” is the left-wing word of the day. Academically, it means various identity-based “oppressions” overlap and interact to reinforce each other. ... Read More →
April 26th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
Boy Scouts of America enhances the spiritual lives of today’s Jewish youth By Rabbi Joseph H. Prouser “Be as bold as a leopard, fleet as an eagle, swift as a deer, and strong as a lion ... Read More →
April 19th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) – We interrupt this Passover to bring you two news bulletins: Bashar Assad is worse than Hitler. The Soup Nazi was almost a real Nazi. Let’s start with the second ... Read More →
April 19th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Cantor Deborah Katchko-Gray There are more questions than answers. Perhaps there are no good answers anyway, but we must ask the questions to remain human. Elie Wiesel of blessed memory was the teacher of teachers, ... Read More →
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 →
By Charles Dunst NEW YORK (JTA) – Former presidents recently Read more →
By Rafael Medoff In an era that has seen more Read more →
By Avi Weiss (JTA) – The High Holidays are upon Read more →
By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) – In March 1920, Arab Read more →
By Amos Yadlin TEL AVIV (JTA) – Israel’s new “nation-state” Read more →
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