Ideas

Rochester, Modi’in team for program

To the Editor: The program in Modi’in referred to in the article “Study of American Jews making its way into Israeli schools” was an outgrowth of the Partnership 2000 between Rochester and Modi’in. With seed money, this curriculum of Friends Across the Sea was started in the fifth grades and adopted by the Ministry of […]

Ideas

Op-Ed: Hugging and wrestling with Israel

The Jewish people must be allowed to engage in the kind of struggle on the State of Israel as Jacob did in wrestling with a heavenly being, writes author and activist Rabbi Sid Schwarz.

Ideas

Op-Ed: Fighting the new divestment effort on campus

The Jewish community must recognize the seriousness of the warning signs from this year and be prepared to fight next year’s divestment battle on campus, the leader of Hillel writes.

On Obama, rabbi doesn’t speak for American Jews

Op-Ed: Take the ‘Nazi’ out of Arizona criticism

Op-Ed: Proposed Israeli conversion bill is deeply flawed

Op-Ed: Immigration overhaul is a job for the U.S. Congress

Moroccan city not destroying cemetery

Op-Ed: Responding to the ‘top 10 anti-Israel lies’

Op-Ed: What to do about Jewish teens

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