Blog: Five things to know about Israel’s failed conversion reform
By Ben Sales (JTA) — The Israeli government last November passed a landmark decision that eased the path to conversion for about 400,000 Israelis not considered Jewish…
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Op-Ed: The dangers of the Iran nuclear accord
By Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK (JTA) — Today is the last day of my long tenure as national director of the Anti-Defamation League. It…
Potentially exculpatory testimony unsealed in Rosenberg spy case
(JTA) — Newly unsealed court records may provide fodder for those who believe Ethel Rosenberg was wrongly convicted and executed. Rosenberg and her husband, Julius, who were…
What ‘no deal’ would have meant — and 5 other things to consider about the Iran nuclear accord
By Uriel Heilman (JTA) – The nuclear agreement signed this week between the U.S.-led group of six world powers and Iran raises as many questions as it…
Insults to Reform Jews prompt interdenominational roundtable
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office will convene a roundtable of representatives from Jewish religious movements and…