The flare-up between some American Jews and Israel over a two-month-old Israeli ad campaign to lure home expatriates in the United States obscured a larger challenge for Israel: How to stem emigration. More ▸
Empowered by knowledge, all Jews can all play a role in fighting terrorism and creating a more secure environment across the American Jewish community, writes the president and CEO of The Jewish Federations of North America. More ▸
U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida sponsored a bill that would give Holocaust survivors preference in obtaining aging services. More ▸
The Security Community Network is convening a conference call for organizers of Jewish camps and travel programs in the wake of the Norway massacre. More ▸
Focus on behaviors common to all extremists: That’s the advice security experts are offering in the wake of the recent attacks in Norway by a perpetrator who appeared to be anti-Muslim rather than an Islamist. More ▸
Jews may insist that tikkun olam and social justice are central to the Jewish way of life, but they are increasingly taking the place of serious Jewish education and Jewish practice, and that spells danger for the non-Orthodox movements, writes a former national campaign chair for United Jewish Communities. More ▸
Jewish groups are worried that the vulnerable, elderly and sick will suffer if the U.S. government fails to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, and institutions that serve these populations could be left with the government’s portion of the tab. More ▸
When two-fifths of the Democrats in the U.S. Senate met this week in Washington with representatives of Jewish groups, the senators delivered a clear message: If you agree with us, it’s about time you spoke up. More ▸
North American Jewish federations generated nearly $2.5 billion for program needs in 2010, according to their umbrella group. More ▸
An Israeli field hospital is providing desperately needed medical care in tsunami-ravaged Japan, while American Jewish groups continue to raise donations. More ▸
