by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 10, 2023 | News
Half of the U.S. says that antisemitism has increased “in the last few years,” according to a You Gov / The Economist report published in mid-December 2022. By comparison, 25% say it has remained the same, 15% are unsure and 11% say it has decreased. When asked about...
by Mitch Randall | Oct 27, 2022 | Opinion
Several troubling, high-profile antisemitic incidents have occurred recently across the U.S. Last week, in Los Angeles, California, a group stood on an overpass above the 405 Freeway performing Nazi salutes and unfurling a banner reading, “Kanye was right about the...
by Jack Moline | Aug 29, 2022 | Opinion
There are all sorts of friendly rivalries between the wisdom of Islam and Judaism. Arabic and Hebrew, the native languages of each tradition, have at least as much in common as French and Spanish. But there is no sacred literature that originated in the romance...
by Rachel Ain | Jul 14, 2022 | Opinion
How does one define themselves in 2022? Through their nationality? Gender? Sexual identity? Religious (or non-religious) practice? Profession? A combination of everything? While these weren’t questions that I focused on in any meaningful way when I was a child, I knew...
by Zach Dawes Jr | May 23, 2022 | News
Six-in-10 U.S. synagogues from two major traditions within Judaism are either growing or maintaining membership levels, according to a Faith Communities Today report published on May 17. The data in the report was provided by the Union for Reform Judaism and the...