Panel on politics from the pulpit
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 22, 2010
As election season nears, the Reform movement is helping its rabbis navigate the fraught landscape of politics and the pulpit.
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United States
Vandals attack Seattle-area Jewish high school
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2010
A Jewish high school in Washington State was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti.
NIF changes funding guidelines, but what does it mean?
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2010
When Adalah, an Israeli Arab legal rights group, joined an initiative in 2007 to create an Israeli constitution that would dilute — if not remove — the state\’s Jewish character, it unleashed a furor in pro-Israel circles.
Senate letter urges Obama to keep talks going
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2010
A letter is circulating among U.S. senators urging President Obama to keep the Israelis and Palestinians at the negotiating table.
Jerry Seinfeld, Bette Midler to headline Philly museum’s opening bash
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2010
Two of the country’s most famous Jewish performers will highlight the opening of one of the most ambitious Jewish museum projects in years.
Bomb threat evacuates two Miami-area temples
Jewish Journal
September 16, 2010
Two Miami-area synagogues were evacuated following a bomb threat.
U.S. Jewish right muted ahead of possible extension of settlement freeze
Jewish Journal
September 14, 2010
Don\’t expect a familiar American echo now that West Bank settlers are gearing up to fight the possible extension of Israel’s settlement freeze.
Threatening envelope received at U.S. Embassy
Jewish Journal
September 14, 2010
An envelope containing white powder and a letter making threats against Israel was sent to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Jewish Funders Network chief to step down
Jewish Journal
September 14, 2010
The president of the Jewish Funders Network will step down at the end of 2010, according to a letter sent by the organization’s chairman to members.
Obama: Securing Israel critical for peace
Jewish Journal
September 8, 2010
President Obama told American rabbis that securing Israel was critical to the peace process.
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