Opinion
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Op-Ed: Finding unity in a bomb shelter
By Aaron D. Panken July 22, 2014As people take cover from incoming rocket fire, the varied streams of life in Israel converge, writes Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. More ▸
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Op-Ed: Hold Iran to account on AMIA bombing
By Robert Singer July 17, 2014The way forward on the 1994 Jewish center bombing remains as it always was: America, Argentina and the West must insist that the Iranian regime hand over the suspects, writes Robert Singer, CEO of the World Jewish Congress. More ▸
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Op-Ed: Don’t lose sight of the Iranian threat
By Lawrence Grossman July 15, 2014The advance of Sunni extremists in Iraq should not be allowed to distract from the Iranian nuclear issue, writes Lawrence Grossman, the American Jewish Committee’s director of publications. More ▸
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Op-Ed: Anti-gay persecution abroad demands U.S. action
By Elyse Frishman July 7, 2014Legislation now before Congress could help save lives in countries where LGBT people face persecution, Rabbi Elyse Frishman writes. More ▸
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Op-Ed: The Presbyterians’ Judaism problem
By Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor June 27, 2014The decision of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to embrace divestment reflects the denomination’s theological problem with Jewish identity, Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor writes. More ▸
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Op-Ed: Inviting Reuven Rivlin back to my Reform synagogue
By Charles A. Kroloff June 19, 2014Israel’s newly elected president maligned Reform Judaism after a 1989 visit to a New Jersey synagogue, but hopefully he has learned better since then, Rabbi Charles A. Kroloff writes. More ▸
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Op-Ed: The Rebbe’s big idea
By Joseph Telushkin June 16, 2014Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson’s legacy is rooted in his emphasis on loving every Jew, writes Rabbi Joseph Telushkin. More ▸
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Op-Ed: Presbyterians, BDS and Israel — here we go again
By Noam E. Marans May 30, 2014Jews and Presbyterians should not let divestment activists drive a wedge between the two communities, writes Rabbi Noam E. Marans of the American Jewish Committee. More ▸
