roundtable Archives – Jewish Journal

Not Every Illegal Migrant is Anne Frank, and other comments

Shmuel Rosner January 28, 2018

Editorial Cartoon: Interfaith Roundtable

Steve Greenberg October 24, 2012

Why the Wiesenthal Center left the interfaith roundtable

Jewish Journal October 19, 2012

Sometimes, only a period of separation will save a troubled marriage. That is why the Simon Wiesenthal Center and other Jewish groups are pulling out of the Christian-Jewish Roundtable. Fifteen liberal Protestant leaders, including those of the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Methodist denominations, chose the Jewish High Holiday season to urge Congress to curtail U.S. aid to Israel.

Study Points to Big Church-State Shift

James D. Besser August 26, 2004

A new study reveals that the Bush administration is succeeding beyond the most optimistic projections of supporters — and the most pessimistic fears of critics — in funneling government social service dollars to religious groups, despite the refusal of Congress to pass most of its faith-based initiative.

Last week the Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy issued an exhaustive report indicated that religious groups \”are now involved in government-encouraged activities ranging from building strip malls for economic improvement to promoting child car seats.\”