The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered
A prism on a kitchen windowsill performs the miracle of fracturing sunlight into the complete spectrum, throwing rainbows on mundane surfaces, elevating them to something celestial and rare. Benjamin Taylor, in his compact and precise memoir, The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered (Penguin, 2017), performs the same miracle. His last year of childhood in Forth Worth, TX, explodes into multicolored fragments, illuminating intersecting themes from the Kennedy assassination to Taylor’s homosexuality and eventual diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome.
The Netanyahu Years
On November 21, 2016, Benjamin Netanyahu surpassed David Ben Gurion’s record of longest continuous service as prime minister of Israel. Though Netanyahu’s years in power have been marked by scandal and political intrigue, his popularity with the Israeli electorate over the past seven years has grown, allowing him to do practically anything he wants.
The Shoah Through Muslim Eyes
A Pakistan-born Muslim woman with a Ph.D. from a South African university who directs the Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan College, a New York City Catholic school, has written a pioneering and courageous book about the Shoah (Holocaust).
Reform Movement Leader on UNESCO's Hebron Resolution
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: It’s hard to fathom how UNESCO can, once again, vote to delegitimize what is demonstrated Jewish history at an ancient holy site. The place where Judaism’s patriarchs and matriarchs rest must not become a political pawn.
Reform, Conservative Jewish Organizational Leaders Visit Pollard in Federal Prison
NEW YORK – On Thursday, July 11, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly, and Rabbi Alvin Berkun, past president of t
Reform Jewish Leader Comments on Senate Tax Reform
Rabbi Saperstein: "Our progressive tax code allows us to not only meet immediate need while simultaneously reducing our deficits, but also to begin to address the astounding growth in inequality".
Reform and Conservative Jewish Leaders Visit Jonathan Pollard in Federal Prison
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Reform Movement Submits Testimony Outlining Church-State Concerns in Energy Bill
Rabbi Saperstein: "The Reform Movement is deeply committed to putting our nation and our world on the path to a clean, sustainable, and equitable climate and energy future.
Reform Movement Optimistic after Committee Vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Ms. Laser, "This vote demonstrates that the Senate is ready to put aside partisan differences to ensure that all Americans can earn a living without fear of discrimination based on who they are or whom they love."