The verdict is in: Rabbis should say yes to officiating at interfaith weddings
(By Adina Lewittes, JTA) — Newsflash: “A rabbi under the huppah may boost Jewish engagement in intermarried homes,” according to a study released this past month by the…
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At top Israeli university, students favor the least flawed candidate in US election
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) – As Americans prepare to elect their next president, Israelis are watching. Students at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, one…
Will Obama launch a lame-duck Israel surprise? Not likely.
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – It started several months ago in anxious whispers among pro-Israel leaders. Now it has burst into the open in…
op/ed: Why a rabbi under the chuppah may boost Jewish engagement in intermarried homes
By Leonard Saxe and Fern Chertok WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA) — At a summit meeting held last week at the National Museum of American Jewish History, several…
Rabbanit Batya Friedman: Today we stand together
By Batya Friedman (EJNews) – Many of you read my op-ed piece in the Edmonton Journal about how I was going to wear a shvimkleid…