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July 12, 2020 4:16 am
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Are Jews Obligated to Support Reparations for African-Americans?

JNS.org - When writer Ta-Nehisi Coates made “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic in June 2014, few thought his idea had merit or had a...

July 2, 2017 12:30 pm
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Netanyahu Reaches Deal to Delay Controversial Conversion Bill by Six Months

JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that he has reached a deal to delay the country's controversial conversion bill by six months...

February 9, 2016 4:53 am
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Modern Orthodox Education Caught Between…Modern and Orthodox

JNS.org - When the Pew Research Center published its much-discussed survey of American Jews in 2013, the findings seemed auspicious for the Orthodox denomination. Orthodox Jews...

November 24, 2015 11:12 am
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Reform and Conservative Jewish Movements Welcome Scouting Back Into Fold

JNS.org - At the recent Union for Reform Judaism biennial convention, the staff and delegates were audaciously hospitable to the National Jewish Committee on Scouting. This...

March 16, 2015 2:09 pm
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Reform Rabbinical Authority Appoints Openly Gay President

JNS.org - Rabbi Denise Eger, the founding rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami in Los Angeles, is being installed Monday as the first openly gay...

December 15, 2013 11:23 am
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Reform Movement, Ruderman Family Foundation Launch Synagogue Inclusion Initiative

JNS.org - The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, and Ruderman Family Foundation announced a new initiative to foster...

August 19, 2013 10:11 am
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Book: American Jews Are Endangered Species

JNS.org - Let the general reader be warned: Shaul Magid's new book, "American Post-Judaism," is not easy to read. The writing is dense, and the...

November 18, 2012 2:47 am
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Reform Leader Sees GA as Synergy of Federation and Synagogue Worlds (INTERVIEW)

BALTIMORE—Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement's congregational arm, was an atypical choice as scholar-in-residence for the 2012 Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)...

August 12, 2012 1:30 am
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Reform Leader Seeks to ‘Go Beyond Denominations’

During a recent visit to three synagogues (two Reform, one Orthodox) on eastern Long Island, Rabbi David Ellenson, PhD—president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish...

World

‘Everyone in Danger’: Concordia University Refuses to Investiga...

Jewish students at Concordia University in Montreal must fend for themselves when their anti-Zionist classmates resort to assault and harassment...

Middle East

Hezbollah Tells Iran It Would Fight Alone in War With Israel

With ally Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran's Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon's Hezbollah, an...

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