In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, countless women have come forward to share their accounts of harassment, sexual assault, and abuse at the hands of powerful men in nearly every industry. As our Facebook feeds swelled with #MeToo stories, we were sorely reminded of the ways in which all institutions – including Jewish ones …
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Leah Fuhr, who in recent years helped Ahavath Achim Synagogue build its programming for young adults while serving on the local boards of the New Israel Fund, J Street and American Jewish World Service, spent the largest chunk of her time this year working on Jon Ossoff’s congressional campaign as the political affairs manager. She …
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Jordan Namerow confesses that she was one of those rare kids who enjoyed Hebrew school. Namerow, who grew up in northern New Jersey, has parlayed her early affinity for Jewish education into a thriving career as a Jewish professional. Over the years, she has developed an impressive resume that has most recently earned her a Schusterman Fellowship, …
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Despite assurances from the Trump administration that US funding to Israel would be immune to proposed budget cuts, various Jewish groups are expressing their swift disapproval of the White House’s decision to drastically decrease funding for foreign aid. The nearly two month old administration has assured Israel that the $3.1 billion defense assistance allotted to Israel is a …
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Earlier this week, the entire Senate sent a letter to law enforcement officials in the Trump administration asking them to take “swift action” as a series of threats and a wave of vandalism continue to rock the American Jewish community. The move was a rare display of bipartisanship and an appropriate response as many American …
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