The Chief Rabbinate’s blacklist isn’t defending Judaism. It’s undermining it.
By Rabbi Seth Farber JERUSALEM (JTA) — Over the weekend, JTA and others reported on a “blacklist of rabbis” maintained by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. The…
Opinion
op/ed: Fewer marriages and fewer children means fewer Jews doing Jewish
By Steven M. Cohen and Sylvia Barack Fishman (JTA) — On Jan. 16, 1949, Toby Fassman married Max Cohen (Steven M. Cohen’s parents, now both…
Jared and Ivanka do their own thing as observant Jews. And that’s normal.
By Ben Sales (JTA) — So apparently Jared and Ivanka play golf on Shabbat. Cue the handwringing. The New York Post reported Wednesday that the…
JTA ANALYSIS: When a government won’t let you look away
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — No one who has lived in Israel or even visited for an extended time can forget the top-of-the-hour…
From the desk of Avi Benlolo: In search of peace
By Avi Benlolo (May 5, 2017) – The Jewish people long for peace. Yet, it has been elusive since Israel’s independence in 1948, when the…