By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) – In a strategic shift, the New Israel Fund is arming itself with a set of sharp political tools and picking a fight. Its target: Israel’s political right. Its weapons: Opposition research, media monitoring, and staking its claims to patriotism and Zionism. IfContinue Reading

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Reut Cohen knows what it feels like to be a minority. The Mizrachi Israeli grew up in Kiryat Haim, a suburb of Haifa, in a family that struggled economically. In high school, she came out of the closet. “The Israeli society isContinue Reading