Randi Weingarten is the president of the powerful American Federation of Teachers, a nationwide teachers’ union. When Jewish Telegraphic Agency recently asked her if she had a specific message for ...
Coach Carmi Muskin reminding his players of the importance of sportsmanship, both on and off the court on the sidelines of the Chicago Bulls court at the United Center. Photo by David Blachman ...
For decades, debates about Jewish values have grounded divisions within Jewish communities about what our relationships should be to an Israeli state that claims to act on our behalf as it engages in ...
As the CEO of a Jewish community foundation, I often walk the halls, sanctuaries, offices and schools of many synagogues. As you might expect, Jewish values are evident everywhere: Toddlers are ...
(RNS) — The success of Jewish overnight camps is well-documented. A new survey attempts to measure whether camps also help shape adult Jewish values and social justice commitments. That’s been the ...
Should Jews use consistency with Jewish values as a premise for organizing, or, does this merely exploits our tradition for partisan political gain? Once upon a time, there were political issues on ...
Since 1967, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has largely been seen and discussed from the prism of the various conflicting issues over territory, security, Jerusalem, the Palestinian refugees, the ...
As a Jew and a former member of Congregation Beth Israel, I found Rabbi Fellman’s Feb. 5 column describing “abortion access” as a “Jewish value” to be not only misleading but morally objectionable.
Jewish conservatives continue to spend significant amounts of effort and money to swing American and Israeli politics to the far right. Most visible is gambling billionaire Sheldon Adelson, whose ...
FIRST ON FOX – A coalition that represents some 2,000 Orthodox Jewish rabbis condemned the Duke University student government's decision to deny recognition to a pro-Israel student group, claiming ...
FIRST ON FOX – A coalition that represents more than 2,000 Orthodox Jewish rabbis on American public policy issues condemned The Walt Disney Company's stance against Florida H.B. 1557, a parental ...