Tag: American Jews

The good news is that 338 more American Jews are moving to Israel. The and news is that 5 million are not.

The only thing disproportionate is the world’s hatred of Israel.

Arab media are salivating over Jewish squabbles about internal Israeli divisions on policy reported by wire services.

Likud MK Danon tries outflanking Netanyahu by telling US Jews he will quit as minister if more terrorists are freed.

Official statistics on aliyah to Israel from the United States have been corrected to show that there was only a tiny change for the...

It is not an easy fact to swallow, but the real demographic problem for Jews is in the Diaspora and not in Israel.

An Israel Knesset Member got a whack on his tongue for angering the Diaspora.

Orthodoxy have consistently been the largest group.

On certain public policy issues, Orthodox opinion stands in sharp contrast to the views of most American Jews.

Young Jews desperately need to experience both the serious and lighter sides of Judaism.

Pew survey: U.S. Jewish intermarriage rate rises to 58 percent

Rather than the “Lobby” running the administration, it is the administration that runs the “Lobby.”

For American athletes, the Maccabiah sports even proves the games are about more than sports. Several of the American Jewish athletes were inspired to become Bar Mitzvah.

The mikveh barely existed in 19th century American, where Jewish immigrants turned against religion. But one has been found in Connecticut, and it is more similar those in Israel than in the US.

What a brew! A Scottish brew master, his Tunisian wife and two Yanks operate a boutique brewery. They produce several hundred bottles a month and plan more.

In a letter timed for Passover, a broad array of Jewish groups urged President Obama and Congress to facilitate a path to citizenship for...

Yishai gives a riveting talk about the need for American Jews to look past their fear when involving Israel and also discusses having international journalist Christiane Amanpour visit his home on the Mount of Olives.

Liberals would than blame Israel than examine the faulty assumptions that comprise their worldview.

Many Washington officials have long spun the story that convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard did immense harm to this country’s national security by stealing vital American military and intelligence secrets. Thus, the U.S. intelligence community has always opposed Mr. Pollard’s release.

At the last minute, the Secretary of Defense presented a memo to the court accusing Pollard of doing massive damage to the U.S.

I can’t believe, if the government actually has information to justify the sentence, that it could not be provided in a manner that would be convincing without revealing damaging secrets.

Diaspora Jewry should examine their role in Israel's failures to combat Palestinian moves at the UN.

Somewhere between 68 and 70% of American Jewish voters went for Obama, depending on whose exit poll you believe. Israelis that I talk to are mystified. “Are they crazy? What were they thinking?” they ask. It’s not really mystifying. Here are some general facts about non-Orthodox and secular (the large majority) American Jews.

Years have passed since Rabbi Kahane penned this essay, but it still rings sadly true today. Rabbi Kahane was known for saying uncomfortable things that comfortable Jews didn’t want to hear. In honor of his yahrtzeit, here’s another one of his brilliant and illuminating writings, which was published almost 25 years ago in The Jewish Press.

As college students prepare to hit the polls on November 6 - many for the first time - they will be considering a broad array of policy issues and party platforms. What drives young people to vote? How do they consider various issues? Does Israel play a role in the choices they make on election day? Israel Campus Beat interviewed pro-Israel students on campuses across the country to gauge the impact their support for Israel has on how they are preparing for Election Day.

Sen. George McGovern, the Democratic Presidential candidate, greeted American Jews today on the occasion of the High Holy Days. "Mrs. McGovern joins me in wishing our Jewish friends and Jews around the world a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year," the South Dakotan said.

Yishai Fleisher, managing editor of JewishPress.com, appeared on L’Chaim, a show that has been running on ShalomTV for years. “Fear is everywhere,” he told the interviewer, Rabbi Mark Golub. “People go silent when I talk about fear because they realize how much fear they live with…we need to be proud.”

In Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage and Survival (Gefen Publishing), the newly released English translation of his memoir, internationally renowned former Soviet refusenik Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich tells a compelling story of struggle and victory. He spoke to The Jewish Press during his recent U.S. book tour.

I'm not sure I could take life in the U.S. itself, in, say, Kansas City, or Chicago (brrrr…) or even Los Angeles. But in Manhattan I found just the right combination of a relatively civilized life and enough Mediterranean color to keep me happy.

Shimon Peres had the decency to ask Mr. Obama to finally free Jonathan Pollard. The White House refused. But now that Shimon Peres, the symbol of Jewish Recognition and Acceptance, has been so accepted and embraced by the President of America, you would think that the Jews of America would finally raise their long silent voices and scream out for his release.