http://jta.org/news/ en rkampeas@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-08T03:12:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/02/1008888/op-ed-kristallnacht-in-munich-then-and-now Noam E. Marans http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/02/1008888/op-ed-kristallnacht-in-munich-then-and-now#When:17:35:01Z Kristallnacht came early to Munich in 1938, but seven decades later a Jewish community has reinvented itself, with allegiance to the past and promise for the future, an American Jewish Committee official writes. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Opinion 2009-11-02T17:35:01-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/28/1008806/op-ed2 Uri Regev and Stanley Gold http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/28/1008806/op-ed2#When:19:05:00Z The increased stranglehold of religion on Israel has a dire impact on the nation, write the leaders of Hiddush, a new advocacy organization that aims to ensure equal civil and political rights for all regardless of religion. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-10-28T19:05:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/28/1008800/op-ed-growing-birthright-israel-should-be-a-no-brainer Miriam and Sheldon Adelson http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/28/1008800/op-ed-growing-birthright-israel-should-be-a-no-brainer#When:17:13:00Z With a recently released study showing that Birthright Israel trips represent a truly effective way to change the course of Jewish history, increasing the number of participants should become a top priority of Jewish philanthropy, write Miriam and Sheldon Adelson. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Lead Headline 2009-10-28T17:13:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/25/1008716/op-ed-what-israelis-need-to-know-about-intermarriage-in-north-america Edmund C. Case http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/25/1008716/op-ed-what-israelis-need-to-know-about-intermarriage-in-north-america#When:19:21:00Z The CEO of InterfaithFamily.com writes that helping Israelis to learn not to think and talk about intermarriage as the equivalent of assimilation will contribute to increased Jewish identity and connection among intermarried families -- something that is of vital interest to the Jewish communities of both North America and Israel. Opinion, Lead Headline 2009-10-25T19:21:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/22/1008662/op-ed-government-must-help-save-domestic-violence-programs Nancy Ratzan http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/22/1008662/op-ed-government-must-help-save-domestic-violence-programs#When:15:25:00Z Efforts to end domestic violence and aid its victims have more hard times ahead, but Congress and state governments can help by prioritizing the life-saving emergency services for the most vulnerable, writes the president of the National Council of Jewish Women. Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-10-22T15:25:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/18/1008571/op-ed-whats-really-on-trial-in-the-goldstone-report Joel Lion http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/18/1008571/op-ed-whats-really-on-trial-in-the-goldstone-report#When:18:36:00Z Reports like the Goldstone report not only harm nation states in the war against terror, but harm the prospects for peace in the Middle East, writes the spokesman for the Consulate General of Israel in New York. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion 2009-10-18T18:36:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/15/1008508/support-for-israel-comes-in-a-multitude-of-voices Daniel Sokatch http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/15/1008508/support-for-israel-comes-in-a-multitude-of-voices#When:18:20:00Z The pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy camp can serve as a bridge between the American Jewish and Israeli communities at a time when such a bridge is sorely needed, says the incoming CEO of the New Israel Fund. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-10-15T18:20:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/15/1008532/op-ed-aipac-j-street-or-jdate Chuck Freilich http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/15/1008532/op-ed-aipac-j-street-or-jdate#When:18:13:00Z A former deputy national security adviser in Israel says the U.S.-Israel relationship has largely had one voice in Washington: AIPAC. And it doesn't get any better. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion 2009-10-15T18:13:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/14/1008509/op-ed-on-jerusalem-the-us-still-indulges-palestinian-fantasies Cheryl Halpern http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/14/1008509/op-ed-on-jerusalem-the-us-still-indulges-palestinian-fantasies#When:18:49:00Z President Obama must recognize that the seat of government for Israel is in Jerusalem and the seat of government for the Palestinians is in Ramallah -- and announce that he is placing American diplomats at offices in both those cities and only those cities -- writes one-time presidential appointee Cheryl Halpern. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-10-14T18:49:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/07/1008376/op-ed-time-for-straight-talk-about-assimilation Jack Wertheimer http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/07/1008376/op-ed-time-for-straight-talk-about-assimilation#When:17:40:00Z Rather than view a killed Masa ad on assimilation solely as a dragon successfully slain, the Jewish community should see it as an opportunity to ask tough questions about the best ways to draw in disengaged Jews, Jewish Theological Seminary professor Jack Wertheimer writes. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Lead Headline 2009-10-07T17:40:00-05:00