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Reality ‘Trumps’ preference for much of Republican Jewish Coalition
Jared Sichel
May 16, 2016
Joel Geiderman’s view of a potential Donald Trump presidency has shifted since March.
Netanyahu’s office to match Jewish Agency funding to Reform, Conservative movements
Jewish Journal
November 12, 2015
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office will match funding given by the Jewish Agency for Israel to the country’s Conservative and Reform movements, according to an agency spokesman.
At Politicon, diversity and polarity make for entertaining (and loud) political fare
Jared Sichel
October 12, 2015
The two-day conference, which ran Oct. 9-10, attracted about 9,000 attendees, according to event organizers, and brought together some of the nation’s most recognizable figures in politics, media and entertainment, including “The Daily Show” host, Trevor Noah, who performed a stand-up routine followed up by a conversation with Carville, the political commentator who helped Bill Clinton win the presidency, as well as Paul Begala, former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), John Avlon, editor in chief of the Daily Beast, with Edward Snowden, who became famous for leaking classified information from the NSA, appearing via live video from Russia.
New Pew report highlights Modern Orthodox Jewry straddling two worlds
Jared Sichel
August 26, 2015
Just as Charedi Jews in the United States are likely to enroll their kids in a yeshiva, attend synagogue every week and vote Republican, so too are Modern Orthodox Jews.
With shul scandal and school closing, Conservative Jews reeling in Sharon, Mass.
Jewish Journal
May 27, 2014
It’s been a rough few weeks for Conservative Jews in the Boston suburbs known as the South Area.
Israeli cabinet secretary plans to block Robinson’s Arch transfer
Jewish Journal
February 27, 2014
Israeli Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit intends to block a draft agreement that would transfer control of parts of the Western Wall to a right-wing Israeli nonprofit.
Reform biennial opens to outsiders
Jewish Journal
December 4, 2013
First there was the Conservative movement’s October biennial conference, billed as “the conversation of the century” and opened up to presenters from outside the movement.
Conservative Judaism reborn — in Germany
Jewish Journal
November 26, 2013
Of late, it’s been depressing to be a Conservative Jew. News of demographic and organizational challenges have fed a frenzy of articles delighting in our imminent demise.
Letters to the Editor: Hillel serves up diverse buffet and Orthodoxy dividing the community
Jewish Journal
October 30, 2013
Hillel at UCLA enjoys a good relationship with the local Chabad (“Sharing the Next Gen — Hillel and Chabad on Campus,” Oct. 25). The unconditional love they exhibit is indeed laudable, and it is true that Chabad’s free Friday night dinners influenced us to also offer our dinners for free
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