Rabbi expelled from Conservative body for performing intermarriages
by Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – Conservative Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom has been expelled from the Rabbinical Assembly, the movement’s rabbis’ association, for performing interfaith…
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Trump’s Israel envoy pick shakes up American Jewish status quo
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) -– Nearly six years ago, when President Barack Obama was set to elevate one of his top emissaries to the…
Hanukkah sweaters are now a thing — and I love them
By Lior Zaltzman NEW YORK (JTA) — Ever since I moved here from Israel, every late November felt like the beginning of a month-long assault….
A Syrian Jew’s message to Aleppo: Keep tradition and don’t lose hope
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Although Poopa Dweck has never been to Aleppo, her New Jersey home evokes the smells of a kitchen…
Report: Trump transition team checking possible locations for Jerusalem embassy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump is already checking into possible locations in Jerusalem for the U.S. Embassy, according to an…