Pondering the state of American Jewry
Nine Jewish organizations signed a letter asking President Trump to prevent Israel from annexing the disputed territories of Judea and Samaria. The organizations are Central Conference of American Rabbis, the Union for Reform Judaism, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, MERCAZ, the Rabbinical Assembly, the Anti-Defamation League, Ameinu, the National Council of Jewish Women and the …
In the run up to Israeli elections, held yesterday, Prime Minister Netanyahu vowed there would be no uprooting of Jewish settlements and that a Palestinian state would not be created. These declarations took place during an interview of the Israeli premier with the Israeli Army Radio. Asked whether the White House knew of his plans, …
Democratic Representative for Minnesota, Ilhan Omar, in an op-ed in the Washington Post, says of Israel, “We must acknowledge that this is also the historical homeland of Palestinians.” Someone ought to tell Ms. Omar that Jews lived in the Holy Land before there was an Arab people. The Jews lived in Israel, in fact, before …