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URJ biennial, San Diego: Reform Judaism to ‘reboot’
Uriel Heilman, JTADec 19, 2013
SAN DIEGO What do you get when you bring together 5,000 of the Reform movements faithful for a conference in sunny San Diego in mid-December? Four days of singing,...
Reform biennial to tackle fundamental issues facing movement
Uriel Heilman, JTADec 09, 2013
NEW YORK First there was the Conservative movements October biennial conference, billed as The conversation of the century and opened up to presenters from...
Interim deal on Iran splits Congress on new sanctions
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 29, 2013
WASHINGTON They want to brandish a new stick against Iran, but hawks in Congress arent going to use it yet. For all the disappointment they expressed following...
Jewish outcry against Bush appearance before Messianics lowers event profile
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 22, 2013
WASHINGTON George W. Bush granted Messianic Jews a brief shining moment in the spotlight last week and then just as quickly sent them back into the shadows. The...
Debate over survey doesn’t die down
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 10, 2013
NEW YORK If youre pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Jewish identity building, what do you do when a survey comes along showing that the number of US...
Survey: More Jews, less Judaism
Uriel Heilman, JTAOct 03, 2013
2013 Steinhardt/Cohen study of Jewish Americans liable to fuel some debate NEW YORK There are a lot more Jews in America than you may have thought an estimated...
J Street courts the establishment
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 30, 2013
WASHINGTON The story that this years J Street conference schedule tells is, typically enough, about getting Israel and the Palestinians to a two-state solution....
Where Jews stand on Syria attack
Ron Kampeas, JTASep 12, 2013
WASHINGTON Pro-Israel officials rolled their eyes this week in response to the opposing spins about their support for President Obamas drive to punish Syrian...