admin | June 5, 2021
UFTs Stringer pushThank you, United Federation of Teachers head Michael Mulgrew, for endorsing Comptroller Scott Stringer for mayor and advising teachers to not rank candidates Eric Adams and Andrew Yang on their ballots (Desperate UFT targets Eric & Yang, June 2). I think youve helped me and a lot more voters decide on our choices. Ill be voting for Adams and ranking Yang second
admin | June 5, 2021
By Rabbi Binyamin Sheldrake, of the Adat Yeshua Messianic Synagogue, Norwich CW: Antisemitism In many ways we could be forgiven for feeling that the world is in a constant state of flux right now not just with the pandemic and how that has deeply affected us all, but also in terms of our economy, politics and, in a lesser-known arena possibly, the religious world too.
admin | June 5, 2021
(JTA) Rabbi Adar, is it dangerous to wear my Jewish star? In 12 years of teaching Introduction to the Jewish Experience through HaMaqom|The Place in the San Francisco Bay Area, no student ever asked me that question in those words
admin | June 5, 2021
US Jewry is changing and its heading in two different directions.
admin | June 5, 2021
For Jews around the world, the last few weeks have been chilling. A surge of anti-Semitism, including physical attacks against Jews, has swept the United States, Canada, and Europe. In Los Angeles, diners at a kosher restaurant were spat upon, while an explosive device was thrown at Jews in Manhattans Diamond District.
admin | June 5, 2021
There is a curious dynamic known as blaming the victim. For example, a battered wife may be accused of being difficult or threatening to an abusive spouse thereby being accused of instigating the conflict and earning her spouse the role of being the victim. She, then, is labelled the perpetrator her spouse the victim.
admin | June 5, 2021
By Benjamin David, Peter Buchsbaum and Nilene Evans A year ago, many of New Jersey Reform Jews left home after months of lockdown. We could not stay inside following the murder of George Floyd. Across the state, faith leaders and advocates, young and old, said it clearly: Black lives matter
admin | June 5, 2021
A little over four years ago we in Free Givatayim began our struggle against the brand-new Garin Torani literally, a Torah nucleus or core group that had arrived in our city then from the West Bank settlement of Mitzpe Yericho. Alongside many citizens who quickly recognized this problem, there were also those who were scornful of our struggle and wondered why we were getting so upset about a few religious families coming to live in our city.
admin | June 5, 2021
The hatred with which Israelis have been inundated recently amid the political battles to form the next government has prompted many to seek solace in the most mundane places. Many took comfort in the musical collaboration of Haredi singer Avraham Fried and devout secularist Aviv Geffen, others in the warm words of presidential hopeful Miriam Peretz when she said love and unity were the need of the hour.
admin | May 12, 2021
For the SNF Paideia Program course, Jews, Race, and Religion, Steven Weitzman, the Ella Darivoff Director of the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, designed curriculum and public lectures to address the overarching questions: What is the history of the category of race; how has religious identity been racialized; how do Jews fit into the racialized culture of the U.S.; and what is the history of how immigrants to the U.S. came to embrace whiteness in their self-understanding? In describing the impetus for taking on an ambitious topic, Weitzman, also a professor in Penns Religious Studies department, explains, The last two years have seen the most violent attack against a synagogue in American history, protests for racial equality across the country, and a resurgence of white nationalism.
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