Posts Tagged: Jewish Identity
Jewish Woman’s Religion Again Becomes Student Government Issue
JNS.org - Two months after the student government at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) raised concerns over the Jewish background of Rachel Beyda,...
UCLA Student Vying for Student Government Asked if Jewishness is ‘Conflict of Interest’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) student government is under fire after questioning the candidacy of a Jewish student based on her religion. When...
Saving Informal Jewish Education to Save Ourselves
JNS.org - As the director of Camp Moshava, a religious Zionist camp in the Bnei Akiva network, I take great pride in the camper...
Study: 40 Percent of European Jews Hide Their Jewishness
Jerusalem Post - About 40 percent of European Jews hide their identity, the Rabbinical Center of Europe and the European Jewish Association claimed on Monday. The...
What Keeps Judaism Alive?
It is a thought often attributed to Ernest Bloch that it is anti-Semitism that, for all its perniciousness, has preserved the Jews. Of course, if...
Hillel International Appoints First General Legal Counsel
JNS.org - Hillel International President and CEO Eric Fingerhut on Wednesday announced the appointment of Tracy Turoff as the organization's first general legal counsel....
Jews in the Former Soviet Union Embrace Jewish Identity
JNS.org - In a complex journey that can start as simply as children asking their parents what their family name means, younger Jews...
Survey of American Jews Shows Pessimism Over Arab Spring, Iran’s Nuclear Program
American Jews are generally pessimistic about current political developments across the Middle East, notably the "Arab Spring," Iran's nuclear program and Arab ...
Erdogan: ‘Israel is Behind the Coup in Egypt, We Have Evidence’
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed Tuesday that Israel was behind the recent Egyptian military coup that removed Islamist President Morsi from power, Turkish...
U.S. Jewish Journalists, More than Readers, Believe Caring About Israel an Important Part of Jewish Identity
JNS.org -U.S. Jewish journalists working for Jewish media outlets are less likely to view themselves as government and business watchdogs, and are less willing to...
A Lousy Excuse
"Ignorance of the law is no excuse," we are told. Try explaining to the traffic cop that you simply never knew crossing a red light...
The Beauty of Jewish Baby Naming Ceremonies
I ended up attending a baby naming ceremony recently "by accident." I was there because I was meeting a friend for breakfast who...
EXCLUSIVE: Gal Gadot on Jewish Identity, American Films and Representing Israel in Hollywood (INTERVIEW)
Gal Gadot is arguably Israel's second hottest export at the moment. The former Miss Israel 2004 and Miss Universe contestant has a starring role in...
Atheist Professor Jerry Coyne Fiddles While the Darwinian Palace Burns
Jerry Coyne, who teaches evolutionary biology at the University of Chicago, long ago took upon himself the role of Grand Inquisitor of Modern Atheism. On...
