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American Jews

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters at a Jewish Media Summit in Jerusalem, Dec. 6, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Jewish Media Summit)
Posted inAnalysis

Why did Netanyahu treat American Jewish media with contempt?

Gary Rosenblatt by Gary Rosenblatt and JTA June 11, 2021
A Rosh Hashanah card printed around 1900 features the Statue of Liberty nestled within the Jewish traveler’s prayer.
Posted inLocal Voice

American Jewish values are on the line in a divided nation

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger January 19, 2021
Several young men stand on top of a hill waving Israeli flags
Posted inOpinion

Annexation would fundamentally change the American Jewish community’s relationship with Israel. We must stop it.

Nancy K. Kaufman by Nancy K. Kaufman July 2, 2020July 6, 2020
a little boy and his dad light the menorah
Posted inHanukkah

8 reasons why Hanukkah is our best holiday

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 26, 2018November 28, 2018
two children with their mother and father smiling
Posted inThanksgiving

An Israeli American gives thanks for the USA

Keren Smith by Keren Smith November 19, 2018November 19, 2018
The 1960 film “Exodus,” starring Paul Newman (center) as Ari Ben Canaan, conveyed American Jews’ pride in the Jewish state.
Posted inIsrael at 70

From distancing to embracing: How 1948 changed U.S. Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 11, 2018
In 1979, famed Zionist Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg observed that insufficient support for Israel had become the sole reason for excommunication in the American Jewish community. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Why is ‘anti-Israel’ the only cause for excommunication in American Judaism?

Aaron Hahn Tapper by Aaron J. Hahn Tapper April 8, 2018April 8, 2018
men and woman prayer toward the wall, backs to the camera
Posted inOpinion

American Jews really do care about pluralism in Israel. But there’s more to it.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll July 5, 2017January 12, 2018
a montage of images of Jewish and American life
Posted inU.S., News

Why you haven’t heard of Jewish American Heritage Month

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten May 16, 2017March 19, 2018

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