Conference of Presidents

Jewish activists at a voting-rights march

The Workers Circle, progressive Jewish group, leaves Conference of Presidents over disagreements on US and Israel advocacy

The social justice organization’s exit from the Jewish umbrella advocacy group points to deeper tensions within organized American Jewry.

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Ideas

The Conference of Presidents exists to create Jewish unity. Challenging its elections divides us.

The more we drag these disagreements into the spotlight, the more we damage American Jewry as a whole.

Jewish groups toe ideological lines in reactions to Trump inaugural address

The Zionist Organization of America praised the speech, while an anti-bigotry group panned it.

United States

Major groups skip Presidents Conference Hanukkah party at Trump hotel

Politics

4 major Jewish groups to skip Presidents Conference Hanukkah party at Trump hotel

Politics

8 liberal Jewish groups to skip Conference of Presidents party at Trump’s DC hotel

Israel

Netanyahu, Herzog present divergent views of Israeli-Palestinian future

Israel

9th-century synagogue in Aleppo sustains minor damage in Syria fighting

United States

Obama to U.S. Jews: ‘We’re not giving away anything’ to Iran

United States

Obama to speak about Iran deal in Jewish-sponsored webcast

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