American Jewish in a sentence

I am concerned that American Jewish leaders do little to try to influence Jews to be more Jewish — more learned in Torah, more observant of mitzvot, more inclined to marry Jews and have Jewish children and grandchildren.

When Jewish Phish fans have Jewish experiences at Phish shows, they are urging us to reconsider how we understand contemporary American Jewish identities.

The updated policy was also praised by a number of other Jewish organizations, including StopAntisemitism, the Campaign Against Antisemitism, the European Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee.

What would it mean to be a Jewish American when the American Jewish Golden Age becomes a Bronze or even Dark Age?

Meantime, many mainstream American Jewish organizations, including Aipac, the pro-Israel lobbying group, and the American Jewish Committee, issued rare statements criticizing Israel.

Five years later, with his 1958 appointment as music director of the New York Philharmonic, Bernstein became the first American-born and educated conductor — and the first American Jewish conductor — to lead a major American orchestra.

In a video address to more than 1,500 attendees at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum in Tel Aviv, on Monday, Bourita also said the Kingdom of Morocco took deep pride in its Jewish heritage and was committed to Arab-Israeli peace.

The March for Israel has three goals, according to Eric Fingerhut, CEO of Jewish Federations of North America, which is organizing the rally jointly with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

The American Jewish Committee’s branch in Chicago also called for Johnson’s resignation, as did other Jewish groups.

The event for “Tablets Shattered,” a new book on American Jewish life by journalist Joshua Leifer, will take place at the Center for New Jewish Culture in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights.

The school was founded in Cincinnati in 1875 by Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, the founder of the American Jewish Reform movement, and is the nation’s oldest Jewish seminary.

This dark chapter of American Jewish history was almost ignored for generations, perhaps due to what historian Tony Michels has called “Jewish Triumphalism,” a tendency to focus on positive stories.

Morial and American Jewish Committee president Harriet P. Schleifer wrote a joint article in on Wednesday, asserting that Black and Jewish leaders are standing together in the face of bigotry.

The American Jewish Committee (AJC), one of the oldest Jewish advocacy groups in the US, said it was “grateful” that the man was removed quickly from the venue.

The American Jewish Congress, the World Jewish Congress, and the Zionist Organization of America have already called upon Sanders to sever his ties to Sarsour.

After vocal opposition from the The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston and the local branch of the American Jewish Committee, she issued a clarifying her remarks.

In 2013 the Israeli government announced the formation of a new initiative bringing together the Diaspora Affairs Ministry, the Jewish Agency (itself a partnership between the government and Diaspora fundraisers) and various American Jewish organizations.

David Harris, the longtime CEO of the American Jewish Committee CEO, echoed similar criticisms of DEI.

Ever-ready to put his head in the lion’s mouth, metaphorically speaking, for enlightenment’s sake, Arkin had sought out an acquaintanceship with the fearsome hermit and American Jewish literary legend J.D. Salinger.

In all too many corners of the American Jewish community, extreme rhetoric and extreme positions have indeed been repeated—sometimes recklessly, but sometimes to express long- and deeply held positions.