September 3, 2013
9:21 am

President Barack Obama, August 2013 (photo credit: White House, Flickr)

Obama grilled on ‘red lines’ during pre-holiday call to rabbis

In annual Rosh Hashanah discussion with religious leaders, US president talks up peace negotiations, but is challenged on Syria and Iran

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

September 3, 2013
12:19 am

US President Barack Obama (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin/File)

Obama offers Rosh Hashanah greetings to US rabbis

In conference call, US president mentions renewed Israel-Palestinians peace talks and the Affordable Care Act

By JTA

August 29, 2013
5:53 pm

Martin Luther King, March on Washington (photo credit: US Government, WIkimedia Commons)

Bernice King recalls day of MLK’s speech

Opening service Wednesday includes Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Sikh, and Christian faith leaders

By AP

August 16, 2013
7:02 pm

Many victims of sex trafficking say they don't choose the life and cannot extricate themselves from it. (Shutterstock via JTA)

Jewish groups ramp up response to sex trafficking

Community organizations join growing global movement to fight exploitation

By Josh Lipowsky

August 8, 2013
10:37 pm

The frequency of interfaith weddings has convinced even many Orthodox Jews to revise their approach to couples of mixed background. (Illustrative photo courtesy of Ashley Novack/JTA)

The war over intermarriage has been lost. Now what?

Across the spectrum of observance, Jewish leaders are embracing rather than shunning Jews and their gentile partners

By Uriel Heilman

May 15, 2013
1:50 am

Jobbik party supporters burning an EU flag at a rally in Budapest in 2012. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube video uploaded by Euronews)

Jewish leaders to Kerry: Confront Hungary’s rising anti-Semitism

Acute concerns over growth of extremist Jobbik party, violence against Jews, cemetery desecration, widespread anti-Jewish sentiment

By Haviv Rettig Gur

May 7, 2013
12:43 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks to AIPAC on March 4, 2013 (photo credit: JLTV Screen Shot)

Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns

Cross-denominational meeting includes over a dozen faith leaders, including prominent DC rabbis

By Josh Lederman

January 29, 2013
7:00 pm

Rabbi Sharon Brous of the IKAR congregation in Los Angeles reads Prayers for the People at the presidential inaugural service. (Donovan Marks/Washington National Cathedral via JTA)

Rabbis tweaked inaugural readings to make them ‘Jewier’

White House was okay with last-minute changes added by Jewish clergy at service after Obama’s swearing-in

By Ron Kampeas

December 21, 2012
6:56 pm

Reform, Conservative, Orthodox leaders join gun control call

In response to Connecticut shooting, Jewish officials appear at interfaith press conference backing new legislation on violence

December 18, 2012
10:09 pm

President Obama honors victims of Friday's school massacre at an interfaith vigil in Newtown, Conn. (Pete Souza/White House via JTA)

Jewish groups and lawmakers seeking gun control get major boost from Obama

US president supports Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban after Newtown massacre; NRA pledges ‘to help make sure this never happens again’

By Ron Kampeas

November 22, 2012
5:35 am

Americans rally in support of Israel in Chicago last November. (photo credit: Courtesy JUF Chicago/JTA)

American Jewish groups welcome ceasefire

‘The people of Israel deserve to live in peace, not fear, and the violence Hamas militants have wrought upon Israeli civilians is inexcusable and unforgettable,’ says Conservative rabbinic group

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 7, 2012
11:16 am

David Harris, the president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, speaking to a British journalist outside the NJDC bus in Charlotte N.C., Sept. 3 (photo credit: Ron Kampeas/JTA)

Obama wins big among Jews, with 69%-30% victory over Romney

Despite millions of dollars spent and unprecedented grass-roots work by Republican Jewish groups, exit polls of Jewish voters show only slight decline in support for Democrats

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 6, 2012
7:22 pm

New York rabbis condemn High Holidays hiring at university

Group blasts University of Buffalo Hillel for employing ex-rabbi accused of sexual misconduct

November 5, 2012
5:44 am

A volunteer helps sort through donations at Hoboken High School in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Sunday as surrounding neighborhoods remain without power due to damage caused by superstorm Sandy (photo credit: AP/John Minchillo)

Jewish groups offer many ways to help in hurricane relief efforts

A week after Sandy, online forums call for volunteers and donations to help the worst-hit areas in NY and NJ

By Haviv Rettig Gur

October 11, 2012
2:47 pm

View of the Dome of the Rock, as seen from a window of the Dominus Flevit church in the Old City of Jerusalem (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Church leaders urge members of Congress to reconsider US aid to Israel

ADL withdraws from interfaith dialogue, other Jewish groups issue bitter protests, in response to ‘outrageous’ letter asserting widespread Israeli human rights violations

By Gabe Fisher and JTA

Topic: Rabbinical Assembly

Obama grilled on ‘red lines’ during pre-holiday call to rabbis

In annual Rosh Hashanah discussion with religious leaders, US president talks up peace negotiations, but is challenged on Syria and Iran

Obama offers Rosh Hashanah greetings to US rabbis

In conference call, US president mentions renewed Israel-Palestinians peace talks and the Affordable Care Act

Bernice King recalls day of MLK’s speech

Opening service Wednesday includes Jewish, Muslim, Catholic, Sikh, and Christian faith leaders

Jewish groups ramp up response to sex trafficking

Community organizations join growing global movement to fight exploitation

The war over intermarriage has been lost. Now what?

Across the spectrum of observance, Jewish leaders are embracing rather than shunning Jews and their gentile partners

Jewish leaders to Kerry: Confront Hungary’s rising anti-Semitism

Acute concerns over growth of extremist Jobbik party, violence against Jews, cemetery desecration, widespread anti-Jewish sentiment

Biden asks clergy to make moral argument on guns

Cross-denominational meeting includes over a dozen faith leaders, including prominent DC rabbis

Rabbis tweaked inaugural readings to make them ‘Jewier’

White House was okay with last-minute changes added by Jewish clergy at service after Obama’s swearing-in

Reform, Conservative, Orthodox leaders join gun control call

In response to Connecticut shooting, Jewish officials appear at interfaith press conference backing new legislation on violence

Jewish groups and lawmakers seeking gun control get major boost from Obama

US president supports Dianne Feinstein’s assault weapons ban after Newtown massacre; NRA pledges ‘to help make sure this never happens again’

American Jewish groups welcome ceasefire

‘The people of Israel deserve to live in peace, not fear, and the violence Hamas militants have wrought upon Israeli civilians is inexcusable and unforgettable,’ says Conservative rabbinic group

Obama wins big among Jews, with 69%-30% victory over Romney

Despite millions of dollars spent and unprecedented grass-roots work by Republican Jewish groups, exit polls of Jewish voters show only slight decline in support for Democrats

New York rabbis condemn High Holidays hiring at university

Group blasts University of Buffalo Hillel for employing ex-rabbi accused of sexual misconduct

Jewish groups offer many ways to help in hurricane relief efforts

A week after Sandy, online forums call for volunteers and donations to help the worst-hit areas in NY and NJ

Church leaders urge members of Congress to reconsider US aid to Israel

ADL withdraws from interfaith dialogue, other Jewish groups issue bitter protests, in response to ‘outrageous’ letter asserting widespread Israeli human rights violations

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