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Op-Ed: Taking responsibility for Catholic-Jewish reconciliation
Pope Benedict could demonstrate his commitment to Jewish-Catholic relations by promoting the study of Pope John Paul II’s teachings about the Jewish people and instituting a non-conversionary prayer for today’s Jewish people and for Israel on the Feast of St. James, the patron saint of Jerusalem. Read more »
Op-Ed: The vital center and Modern Orthodoxy
In the face of escalating controversy over Modern Orthodoxy, Rabbi Shmuel Hain of Yeshiva University argues for shifting focus to the center and to substance. For example, he says, stop fighting over the decision by two rabbis to bestow a feminized version of the title rabbi to a woman, and instead focus on discussing how to create positions for female scholars to serve as spiritual, pastoral and educational resources that will be widely accepted. Read more »
Op-Ed: Innovation is great, but it means nothing without results
The executive director of the Jim Joseph Foundation weighs in on the Jewish innovation debate and puts the onus on funders to demand results from innovators. Read more »
Op-Ed: Hoping for a reconciliation between friends
Israel's spokesman at the New York consulate says Israel is ready to move past an appalling level of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric coming out of Turkey, especially on state-run television, and resume the longstanding alliance between the countries. Read more »
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Op-Ed: Hezbollah gains a toehold inside U.N. Security Council
As part of the coalition government of Lebanon, a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the next two years, the terrorist group and Iranian proxy Hezbollah is represented inside the world body's most prestigious room, the American Jewish Committee's communications director writes. Read more »
Op-Ed: Grieving and grateful: Thoughts about Haiti, Israel and the USA
The president of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago feels grief for the people of Haiti, but also is grateful to the United States and Israel for their humanitarian efforts. Read more »
Op-Ed: Our Tu b’Shevat responsibility
This Tu b’Shevat, which falls on Jan. 30, brings an awesome responsibility: Jews must act to save the very creation that we celebrate -- the planet that is ours in trust, write two board members of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. Read more »
Op-Ed: In Haiti, Israel puts ‘tikkun olam’ in action
Israel's consul general in New York says the country's doctors and medical personnel in Haiti see their humanitarian work as a mitzvah and not a job. Read more »
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