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Op-Ed: Take the Food Stamp Challenge
Two leaders of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs say they are taking the Food Stamp Challenge to remind themselves of what hunger feels like in a nation of plenty -- and they are imploring others to join them. Read more »
Op-Ed: Challenges facing the Vatican’s Jewish point man
Cardinal Kurt Koch, the Vatican’s key representative to Jews, in his first visit to New York has an opportunity together with Jewish leaders to reflect on the state of Catholic-Jewish relations and aspirations for the future , writes the American Jewish Committee's director of interreligious and intergroup relations. Read more »
How a new Israeli attache renounced his U.S. citizenship
After being named Israel's minister for economic affairs to the United States, Eli Groner was required by U.S. law to revoke his U.S. citizenship. The following is the statement he submitted to the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv upon his renunciation. Read more »
Op-Ed: Shalit, Israel and rabbinic debate
A position enunciated by a leading Sephardic rabbi in a 1985 prisoner exchange involving Israel and Lebanon provides a rationale for understanding why the current Israeli government made the decision on the swap deal that freed Gilad Shalit, the president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: Can we befriend all the world’s nations?
A rabbi who spent two weeks on the road with leaders of other religions reaching across religious boundaries to pray together and work for the common good notes the precedent for such work in Sukkot teachings. Read more »
Op-Ed: Bridging the Israel-Diaspora gap is more vital than ever
Israel’s ties with other Middle Eastern nations may never have been as fragile as they are today, lending new urgency to the effort to strengthen Israel’s ties to Jews around the world, a Knesset member writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: Make the shofar blast a call to serve
The CEO of Repair the World hopes the piercing shofar blasts that conclude the Yom Kippur fast will serve as a call to social service for young adults. Read more »
Op-Ed: Jewish vote in play for 2012
A Republican's victory in a New York congressional district long held by Democrats and a just-released survey by the American Jewish Committee showing a falloff in support for President Obama appears to indicate that overwhelming Jewish allegiance to Democrats could change in 2012, an AJC official writes. Read more »
Prayer and justice work: the perfect complements
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur may be days to sit in prayer and contemplation, but they also should nourish our justice work and challenge Jews to recommit to these efforts in the year ahead, writes the executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America. Read more »
Op-Ed: It’s time to stand up to Turkey’s Erdogan
If Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan carries out the once unthinkable idea of forcing America to choose between Turkey and Israel, its two strategic allies in the region, the White House must send a clear signal that Erdogan will be the big loser, writes a former member of the Turkish Embassy’s public relations team. Read more »
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