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By Lori Weinstein and Lee Sherman , JTA World News Service (JTA) — Thirty years ago, a Jewish woman experiencing domestic violence had few places to turn. Community leaders strongly resisted acknowledging violence for fear that it would harm marriages and break up families. Few services existed for women seekingContinue Reading

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By Wendy Rosen , Special to JTNews If the leaders in Tehran hoped for signs of a U.S.-Israeli policy rift over the Iranian nuclear program, President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu surely left them disappointed. The extensive common ground the two men share suggests that their private two-hour White HouseContinue Reading

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By Rabbis Martin and Daniel Weiner , Special to JTNews We represent two generations of rabbis, five decades of love for the State of Israel and advocacy for its security and well-being. We recall anxious moments we have shared together as father and son. There was a crisp fall morningContinue Reading

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By David Saperstein and William Daroff , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — During February, Jewish communities across North America observe Jewish Disability Awareness Month. It is an opportunity for us to raise awareness of the needs, strengths, opportunities and challenges of individuals with disabilities in our communities, andContinue Reading

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By Ruth Messinger with Jordan Namerow , Shma.com (Sh’ma) — E.F. Schumacher’s 1973 classic Small is Beautiful introduced many of us to the concept of “enoughness” — the antidote to scarcity and the moderation of excess. It’s a concept that I hope calibrates my consumption habits wherever I am —Continue Reading

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By Wayne L. Firestone , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Just as college students were finishing their winter exams, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg selected a partnership of The Technion Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell University to build a campus on Roosevelt Island that will become aContinue Reading

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By Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews I was an interested people-watcher at the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions presentation hosted at Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral on January 5. The featured speaker was author and intellectual Omar Barghouti, now of Ramallah in the West Bank. The hall was packed with well-meaningContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Will Berkovitz , Special to JTNews Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing. —Pissarro The priest walked past the prostitutes every day. He had no choice. They were stationed along the narrow road across from his seminary in Italy. But itContinue Reading

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By   ,   A personal story from a Bellevue rabbi underscores the gravity of the situation facing our state and the families hurt by the lingering economic downturn. During the course of the last year, this rabbi said requests for emergency assistance have gone up at the same timeContinue Reading

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By Elie Kaunfer , JTA World News Service DENVER (JTA) — I want to challenge one of the mainstay assumptions of organized Jewish life: Jewish continuity is the end goal, and everything is in service of that goal. It’s been 20 years since the release of the 1990 National JewishContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Stuart Light , Special to JTNews As parents searching for the ideal school environment for our children, we envision our progeny thriving in a school that focuses energy and attention on avenues and initiatives that lead toward exhibitable success. But what about exhibitable failure? You’d be hard pressedContinue Reading