Israeli Americans
Overview
Located in the Middle East and slightly larger than the state of Massachusetts, Israel measures 7,992 miles (20,700 square kilometers). It is bordered to the north by Lebano...
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Jewish Americans
Overview
Jews represent a group of people rather than a distinct race or ethnicity. Although Jews originally came from the Middle East, many races and peoples have mixed together in J...
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American Judaism:
Orthodox to Reform and Everything Between
American Jews today identify themselves as Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, or Reconstructionist. These four movements in modern America...
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JERUSALEM–As if cribbed from a page in a Passover Haggadah, the real estate pitch sketches a "Next Year in Jerusalem'' vision for the well-heeled: a gated community nestled in a bucolic hills...
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a post I did on the taboo liberal journalists experience when tempted to talk about Israel. Anonymous grapples smartly (if casuistically) on to the point that the lobby has actually worked against ...
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Following Niall Ferguson's talk about Jews & Money, a lady in the second row asked whether the Balfour Declaration of 1917, in which the British government committed itself to a homeland for th...
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The lawyer for a man convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl said Sunday he will file an appeal using an al-Qaida lieutenant's recent confession that he beheaded the reporter...
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Some Europeans believe Jews dictate U.S. policy in the Mideast, wield disproportionate global economic influence and talk too much about the Holocaust, according to a report released Monday by the ...
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Several hundred people rallied Wednesday to demand an end to what they said was the persecution of Christians in the Middle East that has forced thousands to flee the region.The demonstration was t...
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Israelis lit the first candle of Hanukkah on Tuesday evening to begin the eight-day Jewish festival of lights, one of the country's most popular holidays.Hanukkah, which features presents, jelly-fi...
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Tony Kushner tried to break the spell for me a few months back when he said that American Jews' idea of Israel was a "fantasy built on a delusion." The delusion was the lack of understanding that c...
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I brought up the charge of dual loyalty with respect to the neocons who claim that Israel's interests and the U.S.'s interests are identical. A very sensitive question, yes, and a lot of people got...
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Israeli Americans
American Judaism: Orthodox to Reform and Everything between
Luxury Condos for American Jews (in Arab East Jerusalem)
