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 →
November 9th, 2016 | by LedgerOnline
By Leonard Saxe and Fern Chertok WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA) — At a summit meeting held last month at the National Museum of American Jewish History, several hundred communal professionals, rabbis, scholars, philanthropists and young intermarried couples gathered ... Read More →
October 26th, 2016 | by LedgerOnline
By Alan J. Avery-Peck (JTA) – Jacob Neusner, the famed scholar and almost mythically prolific author who died Oct. 8 at age 84, almost singlehandedly created the modern study of Judaism, and in doing so he revolutionized ... Read More →
October 19th, 2016 | by LedgerOnline
By Rep. Elizabeth Esty In his 93 years, Shimon Peres played an unequaled role in conceiving of, fighting for, and serving the state of Israel. A list of his many awards and accolades – which include ... Read More →
October 13th, 2016 | by LedgerOnline
By Rafael Medoff Children of presidents attract a lot of public and media attention; grandchildren, not so much. But there is one presidential grandchild who deserves special attention for exposing antisemitism – the antisemitism of the ... Read More →
By Dror Markus The timing screams out at us Israelis Read more →
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By Ben Sales (JTA) The share of Democrats who sympathize Read more →
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – Jews were “undesirable.” Read more →
By the Ledger Editorial Advisory Board There is not a Read more →
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