church and state Archives – Jewish Journal

Why I keep politics off the pulpit

Rabbi David Wolpe June 7, 2017

When politicians invoke religion

Jewish Journal February 17, 2016

Speeches about religious faith – specifically the Christian faith – have become a staple of presidential campaigns and this cycle is no different.

Praying with presidents

Jonah Lowenfeld February 13, 2014

U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have had rough public relationships with religious leaders.

Royal baby, Jews and international fascination

Jewish Journal July 23, 2013

So we have a new royal baby in the United Kingdom. Mazal Tov! As someone who worked in communications for Buckingham Palace for three years, from 2009 to 2012, I was both delighted to hear the news and interested to gauge the global media reaction to the new arrival.

Public money for Jewish schools: Free not-quite-but-sort-of Jewish education

Julie Gruenbaum Fax August 28, 2008

Are Hebrew-language charter schools the answer to the tuition crisis, or a threat to both Jewish education and American values?

Can public menorah lighting ceremonies pull in unaffiliated Jews?

Jane Ulman December 14, 2006

Public lightings of Chanukah menorahs in the United States have grown exponentially since 1974, when Rabbi Abraham Shemtov of Philadelphia\’s Chabad-Lubavitch Center lit a small menorah at the foot of the Liberty Bell at Independence Hall.