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As Jewish communities unite, disconnects persist

Tom Tugend April 4, 2008

Howard Rieger, the top professional of organized American Jewry as president and chief executive officer of the national organization United Jewish Communities (UJC), figures that criticism comes with the territory.\n\n\”Any time you make changes, some people will admire you and some will not,\” he said in a phone interview. \”If you can\’t keep that in perspective, you become immobilized and don\’t belong in this position.\”

Benefits bolster the case for reciprocity

Judea Pearl March 15, 2007

The past few months saw rising temperatures of accusations and counteraccusations among sections of the Jewish community. Leftist Jews criticized Israel,
professor Alvin Rosenfeld criticized anti-Zionist Jews, the American Jewish Committee (AJCommittee) published Rosenfeld\’s article, Rob Eshman criticized Rosenfeld (\”Shutting Jewish Mouths,\” Feb. 16) and Jewish Journal readers criticized Eshman (Letters, Feb. 23).

L.A.’s Jews and other minorities: oh, how we’ve danced!

David A. Lehrer November 9, 2006

In Los Angeles, the most diverse city in the world, we Jews have grappled long and hard with our sense of place in America. Ultimately, having found our \”place in the sun,\” we have forged meaningful relations with many of the communities that make up this complicated goulash.

Safety in Numbers

Rob Eshman October 10, 2002

The immediate effect of a new, painstaking, multiyear, $6 million population survey of American Jewry has been to convince Jewish professionals that whatever they\’ve been doing is the best thing for American Jewry.

Ramah’s Policy in Black and White

Eric J February 24, 2000

In the latest effort to define its religious boundaries, the Conservative movement has directed its summer camping system to notify parents that prospective campers must be Jewish according to halacha, or Jewish law, to be accepted.

A Debate on Focus

Jewish Journal November 4, 1999

Jewish community leaders across the country are buzzing nervously these days about a family feud within the Jewish philanthropic world that could help shape the political profile of American Jewry for years. It\’s one of those spats where both sides are a little bit right and a little bit wrong, and everyone else wishes they\’d just cool off before they break something and get us all in trouble. So far, sadly, there\’s no sign of temperatures dropping.

The Young Leaders

David Margolis December 10, 1998

Israel is on its way to becoming a back-burner issue in much of the American Jewish community. Studies show that the younger the Jew, the less connection he or she feels to what is, let\’s try to remember, the Jewish homeland. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, which used to give Israel 50 percent of the funds it raised, has cut that figure by nearly half. One of the Federation\’s \”old leaders\” pointed out to me that Israel isn\’t even mentioned any more in Federation advertising — it\’s bad for business. Israel has become a wormy apple for many American Jews — all this unpleasantness with the Palestinians and, on top of that, a hot, fuming plateful of disrespect for Conservative and Reform rabbis and the Judaism they practice.

Body Building

Jewish Journal November 19, 1998

Some 3,000 delegates from Jewish welfare federations across North America convened in Jerusalem on Nov. 16 for the yearly General Assembly of their roof body, the Council of Jewish Federations. It\’s the first assembly held in Israel in the council\’s 66-year history.

The Valley

Wendy J. Madnick August 13, 1998

Binyamin Netanyahu\’s crises never come singly. One, of prime interest to American Jewry, was put on hold this week. Another, which hogged the headlines for Israelis, ended with blood on the saddle.

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