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OP-ED: The road to LGBTQ acceptance in Israel was bumpy (I should know)

By JONATHAN DANILOWITZ

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Tel Aviv has been decked out in rainbow flags for weeks. Suddenly, it seems, every restaurant, coffee shop and store is super “gay friendly.”

The city’s Pride Parade is traditionally held on the...

OP-ED: That last unthinkable act

By ALAN SMASON

We lost two very industrious, highly visible celebrities this past week; two souls who were successful in so many ways.

Even I knew the value of a Kate Spade handbag. In the world of fashion, her name...

OP-ED: Cry for us, Argentina

By GUSTAVO D. PEREDNIK

  The cancellation of an event as well-publicized in the media as the World Cup soccer warm-up match between Argentina and Israel requires an immediate PR counterattack from Israel and the Jewish world. What unfortunately...

OP-ED: The Presbyterian Church has been hijacked by anti-Israel activists

By RABBI NOAM E. MARANS

NEW YORK (JTA) — Since 2004, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has engaged in a biennial ritual of obsessive, relentless anti-Israel demonization. The church’s upcoming General Assembly in St. Louis will be no exception.

Multiple mainline...

OP-ED: One Jewish people, two dissonant tribes

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(JNS)– What do you do about a relative who loves you but won’t listen to your concerns?

That’s the likely American Jewish reaction to news about a new poll of Israeli opinion that signals both good...

OP-ED: The #MeToo movement goes to summer camp

By DEBORAH MEYER and JEREMY FINGERMAN 

(JTA) — The #MeToo movement has empowered women to speak up against harassment and abuse. It is heartening to see many men standing as allies and organizations beginning to hold themselves accountable for establishing policies,...

OP-ED: On Shavuot, remember that Ruth was a poor immigrant

By RABBI RUHI SOPHIA MOTZKIN RUBENSTEIN  

EUGENE, Oregon (JTA) — A destitute widowed immigrant does what it takes to scrape by so she and her aging mother-in-law can survive. She deals with invisibility; she deals with unwanted attention; she performs...

OP-ED: Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal is a mistake.

By SENATOR BEN CARDIN

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran nuclear deal, is bad policy and calls into question America’s international credibility.

Mr. Trump has...

OP-ED: To fight anti-Semitism, first you have to define it

By ANDREW BAKER

(JTA) — In recent years we have witnessed anti-Israel demonstrations that have turned overtly anti-Semitic and even violent, but police ignored initially as only political activity.

We have seen prosecutors and judges rule that an arson attack...

OP-ED: The ADL’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Last week, Shabbat couldn’t come soon enough for the Anti-Defamation League.

On Wednesday, Starbucks announced that the Jewish group’s CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, seemed to have been demoted from top adviser to a supporting role in the coffee company’s...