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Gary Rosenblatt

Gary Rosenblatt

Jack Ukeles (Courtesy)
August 13, 2026, 11:15 am
Jack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 88
New Yorker turned Jerusalemite was in first graduating class of Bar Ilan University, studied changing face of American Jewry, and spoke out passionately against extremism in Israel
By Gary Rosenblatt
David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, speaks at the AJC Global Forum in Jerusalem, June 23, 2018. (Courtesy American Jewish Committee/ via JTA)
October 8, 2022, 4:26 am
How an accidental activist became the ‘foreign minister of the Jewish people’
A covert note in 1974 Moscow led to David Harris secretly helping refuseniks, and set him on a path to 32 years as AJC’s CEO and quietly setting the stage for the Abraham Accords
By Gary Rosenblatt
A flyer from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Sexual Offender registry lists Baruch Lanner’s status as “Subject to Registration.” (Via FDLE via JTA)
November 30, 2021, 7:25 pm
Orthodox Union, youth group sued over past handling of sex abuse
4 women allege OU, NCSY knowingly allowed Rabbi Baruch Lanner’s sexual and violent behavior against them when they were teens despite numerous, long-standing complaints against him
By Gary Rosenblatt
Arash Abaie, top right, a leader of the Tehran Jewish community, is interviewed via Zoom by Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, a professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University, top left, Feb. 28, 2021. Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, dean of the university's Center for the Jewish Future, which sponsored the program, is below. (Screen capture/JTA)
March 5, 2021, 11:36 pm
Iranian Jewish leader tells US rabbi community freely observes its religion
Arash Abaie says regime’s commitment to religious law benefits observant citizens from all religions, adding that local Muslims respect, understand Jewish customs
By Gary Rosenblatt
From the WebSeptember 27, 2019, 10:55 am
An editor’s farewell, and a call to ‘return’
FROM OUR PARTNER: As I close 26 years at the Jewish Week, I see too much disconnect between people of varied beliefs; we need to discover the goodness in each other
By Gary Rosenblatt
Michael Steinhardt attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on April 26, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebJanuary 15, 2019, 12:19 pm
Hillel finds ‘complaints were justified’ on sexual harassment by major donor
New York Jewish Week: Investigation included Michael Steinhardt; slow response in one case caused ‘additional harm’; policies revised and expanded
By Gary Rosenblatt
LIFE magazine cover. (Jewish Week)
From the WebMarch 16, 2018, 4:34 pm
Hindsight makes 2017 look a lot like 1968
We only hope that the pillars of our democracy are as resilient in the face of turmoil as they were 50 years ago
By Gary Rosenblatt
Rabbi Steven (Shmuel) Krawatsky, formerly of the Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School in Baltimore (via The New York Jewish Week)
From the WebJanuary 25, 2018, 5:05 am
They allowed him to keep working with young boys
Pledges of zero tolerance and policies against child sexual abuse are admirable, but not enough
By Gary Rosenblatt
The Population and Immigration Authority make no effort to keep proper records, NGO says (Illustration/Adobe Stock Photo)
From the WebDecember 21, 2017, 2:13 pm
In search of a sexual abuse policy
Whose responsibility is it to determine what is true and pass judgment of guilt or innocence?
By Gary Rosenblatt
From the WebOctober 11, 2017, 10:26 am
The defining line of Orthodox women rabbis
Will Rabbi Brander undo or uphold Rabbi Riskin’s legacy? The Modern Orthodox world wants to know
By Gary Rosenblatt
Haroon Moghul, author of 'How to Be a Muslim,' faces criticism from the Muslim community for affiliating with a Zionist institution. (Courtesy of Rick Bern)
From the WebSeptember 8, 2017, 2:56 pm
How this author went from Muslim activist to educator of rabbis
NY Jewish Week: Haroon Moghul’s ‘How to Be a Muslim’ explores his struggles with his religion and inner demons
By Gary Rosenblatt
This file photo taken on August 15, 2017, shows US President Donald Trump speaking to the press at Trump Tower in New York. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)
From the WebAugust 31, 2017, 2:47 pm
Rabbis shouldn’t have snubbed Trump
Instead, they should have confronted the President directly over his incendiary Charlottesville response
By Gary Rosenblatt
Former NFL football star O.J. Simpson reacts after learning he was granted parole at Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nevada, July 20, 2017. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
From the WebJuly 29, 2017, 12:05 pm
On lies, O.J., Trump and the Temple Mt
We’ve lost the common denominator of an accepted truth that binds us as a society
By Gary Rosenblatt
From the WebJune 22, 2017, 1:52 pm
Next-gen Americans set Israel aside
The Arab-Israeli conflict is boring and classic Zionism is no big deal, so focus them on Israelis and the human angle
By Gary Rosenblatt
From the WebJune 15, 2017, 4:23 pm
Child Victims Act is a Jewish imperative
Jewish Week editorial on a New York State law that would extend the statute of limitations for young victims
By Gary Rosenblatt
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