http://jta.org/news/ en rcsillag@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/15/1009199/op-ed-concerted-effort-needed-to-meet-demand-for-educators Jehuda Reinharz http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/15/1009199/op-ed-concerted-effort-needed-to-meet-demand-for-educators#When:20:54:00Z Smart marketing and more money is needed to meet the urgent demand for top-quality Jewish educators, writes the president of Brandeis University. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-11-15T20:54:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/15/1009198/op-ed-a-personal-perspective-on-a-flawed-health-care-system Ira Forman http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/15/1009198/op-ed-a-personal-perspective-on-a-flawed-health-care-system#When:20:27:00Z After surviving a life-threatening malady physically and financially, the CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council writes with even greater urgency about the need for comprehensive reform in the U.S. health insurance system. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion, Sub Headline 2009-11-15T20:27:00-05:00 http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/08/1009016/op-ed-president-obama-needs-to-revisit-israel Danny Danon http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/08/1009016/op-ed-president-obama-needs-to-revisit-israel#When:19:11:00Z President Obama must go back to Israel to see just how much has changed -- since he was there 12 months ago as Candidate Obama -- to better formulate America's vital positions concerning Israel and its neighbors, writes the head of World Likud, Knesset lawmaker Danny Danon. Frontpage Sub Headline, Opinion 2009-11-08T19:11:00-05:00 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