Israel
What my father would have said about Ilhan Omar
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 7, 2019
"Fool me once," my late father said, "shame on you. Fool me twice -- shame on me." Attention, Rep. Omar.
Dissent among Dems postpones action on anti-Semitism measure
By Laurie Kellman — March 7, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats on Wednesday postponed indefinitely a vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism after a contentious meeting in which some new members confronted leaders over their push to rebuke Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
Omar’s Israel remarks expose Democrats’ simmering divisions
By Laurie Kellman — March 6, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Provocative comments from Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota have thrust the Democrats into an uncomfortable debate over Israel policy.
Bibi just made life much harder for Diaspora Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 21, 2019
American Jewish organizations must denounce the importation of hatred into the Israeli government. Loudly.
Women wearing tefillin cause a stir in Jerusalem
By Michele Chabin — February 15, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) – Women of the Wall is part of an annual campaign spearheaded by American Conservative Jews to encourage women, as well as men, to wear phylacteries during prayer.
Rep. Omar apologizes for tweets on AIPAC’s influence
By Laurie Kellman — February 11, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi's public rebuke of a freshman representative who helped deliver the Democratic House majority was the latest exposure of an increasingly tense split among Democrats over U.S.-Israeli policy.
Some dare call it anti-Semitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 11, 2019
(RNS) — If American Jews perceive that the Democratic Party is moving into anti-Israel positions, they will be faced with a major quandary.
Rabbi with a gift for fundraising among evangelicals mourned as friend
By Yonat Shimron — February 7, 2019
(RNS) — Yechiel Eckstein was the spark that ignited an appreciation and even love for Israel and for the Jewish people among evangelicals.
Trump’s State of the Union garners mixed reactions among faith groups
By Jack Jenkins — February 6, 2019
(RNS) — “We can make our communities safer ... our faith deeper and our middle class bigger and more prosperous than ever before,” President Trump said.
Yechiel Eckstein was a bridge to Christian evangelicals
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 6, 2019
"The whole world hates us." Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein proved that wrong.
Deborah Lipstadt teaches us how to spell antisemitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 22, 2019
Trump, Jeremy Corbyn, and the truth about antisemitism in the world today. An essential new book.
Greek Orthodox Church faces Israeli homeowners’ ire after land sales
By Michele Chabin — January 15, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The secretive sale by the church, the country's second largest landowner, to a group of investors has outraged residents and church members alike.
Israeli Christians protest artwork depicting Ronald McDonald as ‘McJesus’
By Michele Chabin — January 14, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — The controversy has raised questions about the limits of artistic freedom in Israel, which prides itself on being both a progressive country and the home to holy sites of three world religions.
Muslim civil rights group sues Maryland over Israel boycott ban
By Aysha Khan — January 9, 2019
(RNS) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s controversial executive order banning state agencies from contracts with businesses that boycott Israel.
What will be news for the Jews in 2019?
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 2, 2019
Anti-semitism, anti-Israel agitation, women in leadership, intermarriage.... I look into my crystal ball.
