Pondering the state of American Jewry
While American Jews feel hurt and ignored at Israel’s latest decision regarding the Western Wall, it could be they don’t fully comprehend what it means. There already is a place within the Western Wall area where men and women can pray together. That would be the space created for this purpose at Robinson’s Arch. Jewish …
An article by Ben Sales cites the 2013 Pew “Portrait of Jewish Americans” as saying that religion isn’t very important in their lives. How do we know these people are really modern orthodox? Because they said so. The same poll says that a quarter of modern orthodox Jews don’t light Sabbath candles. Could it be …
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked the congressional leadership to revoke 2014 federal protections for the medical marijuana industry. Sessions suggests that fostering the medical marijuana industry is inappropriate during a “historic drug epidemic,” which is strange, because that epidemic relates to opiates, something marijuana is not. He also ties his distaste for these protections …
US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley seemed to threaten a US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council in a speech she gave in Geneva on June 6. In particular, Haley is singling out Agenda Item Seven, which she calls, “a scandalous provision that singles out Israel for automatic criticism.” It’s about time someone …