Why the U.S. Should Not Have Made Allowances for Iran’s Civilian Nuclear Program
Get rid of the loopholes in the new sanctions.
November 12, 2018
Non-Orthodox Jews and Israel-Diaspora Misunderstandings
Israelis don’t understand these denominations’ important place in American Jewish life.
Persistent controversies over the establishment of a space for mixed-sex prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall have been a recent flashpoint of tension between Israel and American Jewry. To Evelyn Gordon, the problem comes down to the twin facts that Israelis don’t understand the vital role played in the United States by non-Orthodox denominations (which have minuscule constituencies in the Jewish state) while, for their part, non-Orthodox American Jews don’t understand why secular Israelis are indifferent to their movements:
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Non-Orthodox Jews and Israel-Diaspora Misunderstandings
Israelis don’t understand these denominations’ important place in American Jewish life.
Building a Ḥaredi Conservatism
What the ultra-Orthodox can learn from Burke and Oakeshott.
After Kristallnacht, American Jews Did Little to Demand Action from Their Government
At the urging of German Jewish leaders.
The Jewish Case for Domestic Adoption
“Race and other dividing factors should be of no consequence to us as Jews.”