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Cantor Richard Schwartz: Judaism as a creative enterprise
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Richard J. Schwartz, who was hired in July 2018 as the cantor for Bet Shalom Congregation in...
Here’s how AIPAC really operates
by RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar started a firestorm by saying on Twitter that AIPAC pays...
Reports: Jewish community relations are in crisis
by RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — An increase in anti-Semitism, an intensification of anti-Israel activity and decades of neglect have...
Victor Vital: A small bag of wheat
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Victor Vital, who died Jan. 20 at the age of 86, survived the Holocaust...
Kabbala finds a home between mystics and Madonna
by BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — When Jews recite a core hymn welcoming the Sabbath on Friday night, they’re...
Ethiopian Israelis protest alleged police brutality
by MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — Six officers were hurt and 11 protesters were arrested as dozens of young Ethiopian...
Orthodox groups compare abortion to murder
by BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — When New York state liberalized its abortion law last week, the Catholic Church...
Minnetonka High School officials respond to anti-Semitic social media post
AJW staff report An anti-Semitic incident at Minnetonka High School recently attracted national attention. Two students were recently photographed engaged...
Danya Ruttenberg: From atheism to Jewish social justice
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, who will be Beth El's scholar in residence Feb. 1 and...
Anti-Semitism among Yellow Vest protesters demoralizes France’s Jews
by CNAAN LIPHZHIZ PARIS (JTA) — Four years ago, a heartbroken Bernard-Henri Levy found some solace in how more than...
