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The universalism of Jewish Americans is what drives their Israel activism

Jewish universalists are passionate activists around Israel/Palestine because they care about both who the Jewish state hurts and who it helps.

By Benjy Cannon / Jewish World blogger | Jul 14, 2014 | 05:24 PM

U.S. Jews must save their people's honor, which Israel is putting at stake
By Peter Beinart | 1

Why do U.S. Jews avoid debate on technology issues?

Were the Jewish-American community willing to engage in public debate on matters of technology, it could apply its socially conscious values to the cutting edge of American policy debate.

By Benjy Cannon / Jewish World blogger | Jul 6, 2014 | 07:33 PM

The Israeli High Court’s anti-circumcision ruling is a victory against religious coercion

For Israel to remain a democracy, it must never allow the law to force citizens into keeping Jewish tradition.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | Jul 1, 2014 | 09:53 PM | 5

Demonstrators stand behind mimic jail bars and chant anti-Israel slogans.

Why Israeli leftists must start talking about anti-Semitism

Anti-Israelism does not stem just from opposition to the occupation; it’s a form of anti-Semitism, interlaced with classic myths and stereotypes.

By Nora Gold / Jewish World blogger | Jun 23, 2014 | 06:35 PM | 2

Anti-Christian graffiti on Jerusalem church

Jewish prostitutes, Jewish thieves and Jewish supremacists

Security measures barely make the grade in curbing 'price tag' attacks. To really make a difference, Israel must strike with education.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | May 15, 2014 | 06:06 PM | 12

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington Sunday, May 22, 2011

Peace talks failure tested U.S. Jewish groups

As the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations crumbled, where was the leadership that the mainstream U.S. Jewish community claims to uphold so diligently?

By Benjy Cannon / Jewish World blogger | May 8, 2014 | 11:35 PM | 2

On Israel’s 66th Independence Day, an urgent question for liberal Jews

Whether to go toward a Jewish or a democratic one-state is a serious challenge for liberals in and out of Israel.

By Rebecca Steinfeld / Jewish World blogger | May 7, 2014 | 02:16 AM | 44

A Jewish app for that?

A flurry of Jewish 'hook up culture' dating apps have come out recently.Can these quick interactions really lead to long-lasting, meaningful relationships?

By Yael Miller / Jewish World blogger | May 1, 2014 | 03:56 PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron visits the Church of the Nativity

State religion, U.K. Style

Having lived in Christian England, Jewish Israel and ‘secular’ America, I think we all have something to learn from the example set by the U.K.

By Dr. Samuel Lebens / Jewish World blogger | Apr 24, 2014 | 05:55 PM | 3

Modest bathers at a sex-segregated beach in Tel Aviv.

Which part of a Jewish woman's body is 'Jewish'- and is it modest enough?

Using female bodies as containers for ideology is damaging to women and girls.

By Nora Gold / Jewish World blogger | Apr 21, 2014 | 11:53 AM | 6

Frazier Glenn Cross, accused of killing three people outside of Jewish sites near Kansas City.

The Kansas shooting: How should Jews respond?

In the shadow of a gunman’s hatred, we celebrate our festival of freedom.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | Apr 14, 2014 | 06:26 PM | 8

Kitniyot labels: Keeping authenticity out of Jewish conversations

The Jewish-American community has a tendency to superficially highlight the complexity of issues without taking clear positions to help resolve them.

By Benjy Cannon / Jewish World blogger | Apr 13, 2014 | 02:37 PM

Israeli high school students dressing up as KKK members for Purim 2014.

KKK costumes and an incompetent city near Jerusalem

What’s worse than 17 high school students dressing up as racist figures and parading past an Ethiopian immigration center? When the city council does nothing to condemn it.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | Mar 31, 2014 | 03:33 PM | 18

Jewish World News

Some of the 184 reels of microfilmed documents containing data on World War II criminals, New York.

U.S. Holocaust museum opens UN archive on Nazi war crimes

By Brett Zongker | 06:04 PM

Pew survey finds Jews to be America's favorite religious group

By Haaretz | 12:12 PM

Nazi victims group slams Austria for closing Mauthausen memorial on Mondays

By Reuters | 08:23 PM

Rabbis' Round Table

A Muslim youth prays inside the Dome of the Rock during the holy fasting month of Ramadan

Fasting amid fighting for the self and others

By Rabbi Yehoshua Looks / Jewish World blogger | 06:04 PM

Sorry to interrupt this peace conference, but a rocket siren's sounding

By Rabbi Gideon D. Sylvester / Jewish World blogger | 05:09 PM

Could a Google vehicle be kosher for Shabbat?

By Rabbi Yehoshua Looks / Jewish World blogger | 06:06 AM

Kosher cuisine

Ministers: Cafes opening on Shabbat can still be kosher

By Jonathan Lis | 10:56 PM

Cabinet to vote on 'weekday kashrut' for restaurants that open on Shabbat

By Jonathan Lis | 03:43 AM

Say cheesecake: The top seven recipes for a sweet Shavuot

By Haaretz | 01:06 PM

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