Does Israel give Jewish extremists a pass on violence against Arabs?
By Uriel Heilman (JTA) – There are some striking similarities between last week’s arson attack on a Palestinian home that killed an 18-month-old boy and…
Opinion
Actor Jason Segel opens up about childhood as Jewish outsider
By Andrew Tobin (JTA) — Actor Jason Segel — best known as the star of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “How I Met Your Mother” — opened…
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…
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…
How to make a Shiva Call after a tragedy
By Amanda Bradley (Kveller via JTA) — Every shiva is hard, but some are harder than others. Recently I went to the latter: a shiva for our friend who was…