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A recent Haaretz article mentions a new study that found that people believe American Jewish leadership is “elitist, parochial, self-serving ...

Reform Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman says of Israel’s Lag Ba’omer bonfires: “This is an ecological disaster, it’s virtually rabbi-sanctioned vandalism. Nowadays ...

There were many surreal moments last Wednesday night, when Shimon Peres’ “Facing Tomorrow” conference celebrated the American-Israeli relationship, an evening ...

Lag Ba’Omer is next week, and one of the customs of this minor holiday is to light bonfires and eat ...

The story of Jewry and Galveston is one that fascinates me. Many people, even those well-versed in American Jewish history, ...

At the President’s Conference yesterday, I attended a session called “Jewish Identity: Unraveling or Renewing?” a panel discussion featuring — ...

Recently the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs released an interesting report on the Jewish Communities of the Western United States. ...

I’m currently in Jerusalem at a conference convened by Shimon Peres, entitled Facing Tomorrow, in honor of Israel’s 60th birthday. ...

I rarely agree with the Haredim, but recently they have instituted a boycott against Bamba and other Israeli snacks: The ...

Reviewing the efforts of Carter, Jerome M. Segal argues that while “Hamas has indeed said it will never recognize Israel, ...

Hillel — the 1st century sage — is one of Judaism’s great heroes. He is one half of the paradigmatic ...

So yesterday, I decided to be all festive and celebrate Israel. Struggling to figure out what I wanted for lunch, ...

-The High Rabbinical Court of Israel has ruled that all of the thousands of conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi ...

Pirkei Avot 1:10 has some translation issues. Though I’ve been using a different translation until, now, here I’ll start with ...

Today is Yom Hazikaron, Israeli’s Memorial Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to tell our readers about the life ...