“…the great divides are about how or whether American Jews feel essentially safe and at home or eternally vulnerable and vigilant…”
The basic political theory behind organized Jewish communal (read: establishment) politics in America since...
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“Diaspora Jews must learn, not shun, intersectional discourse in all its forms and be part of the discussion while not being afraid to challenge instances of exclusionary intersectionality”
On too many college campuses, political activists embrace exclusionary intersectionality. Jewish students have reported...
“Jewish security in America is strong, and is likely to remain so…”
America in 2016 is a country in which we make a distinction between whatever...
“The problem with the Golden Age of American Zionism was that for far too many Jews, support for Israel became a vicarious faith…”
The problem with the Golden Age of American Zionism was that for far too...
“Dangerous myths have grown up among the American Jewish community, myths that are totally detached from the reality in Israel…”
Dangerous myths have grown up among the American Jewish community, myths that are totally...
“The history of the ‘Black-Jewish alliance’ is, of course, much more complicated than the narrative evoked by the march in Selma, and its ambiguities provide some helpful context for the current controversy”
Tensions between Jewish liberals and black radicals are, of course, not new. It was...
“Far too many young Jews…are terribly ignorant of even the basics, with little to zero knowledge of Hebrew or of Jewish and Israeli history”
….young Americans need a Jewish education. And here, U.S. Jewish leaders and their organizations...
“One dramatic change in L.A. Jewish life is the emergence of Hollywood Jews…from the shadows”
One dramatic change in L.A. Jewish life is the emergence of Hollywood Jews —...
“More Jews in the West than elsewhere were raised by intermarried parents”
… the undeniable impact of intermarriage and other features of Jewish social networks, or...
“…geography plays a key role in L.A.’s Jewish community, with Jews spread out all over the vast city…”
Rabbi Wolpe believes geography plays a key role in L.A.’s Jewish community, with Jews...