Jonathan Sarna
Are American Jews in crisis? A conversation with Professor Jonathan Sarna
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 11, 2024
American Jewish weather report: increased chill in the air. A conversation with historian Professor Jonathan Sarna.
Orthodox Jewish women scholars’ growing authority is recognized in push to publish
By Beth Kissileff — March 29, 2022
(RNS) — A raft of new research fellowships and writing workshops represent a coming of age for the idea that learned women can claim authority in interpreting Jewish law.
Princeton University scraps exhibit of Jewish American artists with Confederate ties
By Yonat Shimron — February 10, 2022
(RNS) — The exhibit was intended to showcase the little-known contributions of Jewish American artists in the period after the Civil War. The university, in the midst of reassessing its legacy, balked.
No, Thanksgiving is not Sukkot
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — Actually, the Jewish connection is much cooler than we had thought.
How Orthodox Jews became a streaming-TV hit
By Yonat Shimron — August 20, 2021
(RNS) — Streaming services have begun to take a chance on programs about Haredi Jews, but scholars say those narratives are nothing new.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg first woman and first Jew to lie in state at US Capitol
By Yonat Shimron — September 22, 2020
(RNS) — No woman, let alone a Jew, has received the honor of lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. For Jews, however, the tradition of lying in state is a difficult one.
A pocket watch turns back the clock on Jewish life aboard the Titanic
By Menachem Wecker — August 21, 2018
(RNS) — Sinai Kantor's watch, which goes on the auction block Saturday (Aug. 25), is a relic of the broader but little-known Jewish experiences aboard the British passenger liner that sank in 1912.
Welcome to the Jewish Inquisition!
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 20, 2017
(RNS) — The controversy over the appointment of a high-profile scholar is only the most recent manifestation of a Jewish community that is turning ever more fiercely to the right.
US Jewish numbers no longer declining, but demographic worries persist
By Lauren Markoe — June 11, 2015
(RNS) As the proportion of Americans who are Christian declines, the share who are Jewish is holding firm. But some Jewish scholars say the data are nothing to celebrate.
Conservative Judaism turns 100 and works to reverse its decline
By Lauren Markoe — October 9, 2013
(RNS) As Conservative Judaism approaches its 100th birthday, it confronts a set of statistics that bode poorly for its future as the anchor in the center of American Jewish life.
As Holocaust Museum turns 20, the ranks of survivors dwindle
By Lauren Markoe — April 25, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Adult survivors of the Holocaust are largely gone, and those who survived as children won't be around much longer. That's why when the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum marks its 20th anniversary Monday, museum officials say it's likely to be one the last large gatherings of survivors.
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