American Modern Orthodox Establishment's Ban on Women Rabbis Sparks Backlash
'The American culture of personal autonomy and the ethos of equality collide head-on with Torah values,' declare Orthodox Union rabbis.
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Opinion Ivanka Trump Fails the Queen Esther Test
The president’s daughter shows that she’ll stand up to the White House only when her father threatens to harm her brand.
U.S. Orthodox Union Bars Women From Becoming Rabbis
Rabbis and leaders on the Modern Orthodox left condemn the decision.
An anti-Semitism Junkie's Warning to Jews and Israel
Sociologist Shmuel Trigano warns of an anti-Semitic tsunami and thinks that the confused world believes the Holocaust's real victims are the Palestinians.
The Jewish Codebreaker Who Helped Alan Turing Crack the Nazis' Enigma Machine
Rolf Noskwith, the last of the brilliant mathematicians who worked under Alan Turing to decipher Nazi signals in WWII, died in January at 97. After the war he managed the family lingerie business.
For Iranian Jewish Family That Fled to U.S., Trump's Ban Is a Fearful Reminder of Past
The passage from Tehran to Boston was arduous and risky, but Nooshin and her family found freedom and safety in U.S. But with dozens of other Jews seeking asylum now stranded in Iran, her faith in her new home was put to the test.
Opinion This Is Why Jared Kushner Is Dangerous for Jews
If Jared Kushner were interested in upholding the values that the vast majority of American Jews share he would have distanced himself from the Trump campaign many months ago.
Opinion 'Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor': What Did Emma Lazarus Really Have in Mind?
For the Jewish poet, the Statue of Liberty was not a monument to shared French-American values, but a defiant symbol of American exceptionalism steeped in Hebraic values.
Opinion With Bannon Pulling the Strings, Trump Revives Reaganesque Dog-whistle Politics
Trump and Bannon have brought back to life the Southern Strategy, which deploys racist tropes while shielding its adherents from charges of racism.
Jews Across America Are Rising Up Against Trump's Refugee Ban: 'We Haven't Forgotten Our History'
American rabbis planning to create a network of 'sanctuary congregations' to provide safe haven for those affected by the ban.
