admin | June 26, 2022
The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which was unthinkable just a few years ago, sent shockwaves across the nation Friday morning -- a ruling that has ended the constitutional protections for abortions that have been in place for nearly half a century
admin | June 25, 2022
By Ambassador Callista L. Gingrich Every May, the United States celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month to honor the contributions of Jewish Americans to our countrys history and culture.
admin | June 19, 2022
This article is a part of the HPR Jewish American Heritage Month Collection and represents the independent perspective of the author.
admin | June 4, 2022
Past JAHM EventWhen Rabbis Bless Congress with Howard Mortman and Brian Lamb Tuesday, May 10, 2022 Original Date of Event: Tuesday, May 10 at 1 pm ET Howard Mortman s When Rabbis Bless Congress: The Great American Story of Jewish Prayers on Capitol Hill is an unprecedented examination of 160 years of Jewish prayers delivered in the literal and figurative center of American democracy. With exhaustive research written in approachable prose, it tells the story of more than 400 rabbis giving over 600 prayers since the Civil War days. In this program Mortman will be joined in conversation by Brian Lamb , founder and former CEO of C-SPAN.Mortman and Lamb will discuss, and screen specially selected videos of the history from the C-SPAN archives.
admin | June 4, 2022
The Jewish American experience is a story of faith, fortitude, and progress. It is a quintessential American experience one that is connected to key tenets of American identity, including our Nations commitment to freedom of religion and conscience.
admin | June 4, 2022
Jews first arrived on American soil back in 1654 in New Amsterdam. In search of better opportunities and lifestyles, they made the U.S. their new home base, finding in it a space where they could openly practice their faith and lead their lives freely without the fear of persecution
admin | June 4, 2022
You may not know that its currently Jewish American Heritage Month, but a museum in Philadelphia is trying to change that. The month of events and celebrations of Jewish history, a bipartisan project established by presidential proclamation in 2006, has traditionally had a lower profile than similar initiatives, like Black History Month or Junes LGBTQ Pride Month.
admin | June 4, 2022
Only a few days after the horrific massacre of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos in Uvalde, Texas last week, governments across the country have seized on the tragedy to drum up support for the police and the hardening of schools with additional security measures. A little over a week prior to Tuesdays shooting, a racially motivated assault was carried out by a fascist gunman in a Buffalo, New York grocery store, killing 10. The shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde have furthermore taken place amidst a string of mass shootings and other violent events pointing to a deep social crisis in the United States
admin | June 4, 2022
Among the most successful political movements in Israel in recent decades has been one relating to the Temple Mount, turning what was once an exceedingly fringe view held solely by members of the national-religious camp into something that even a significant number of secular Jewish Israelis can agree with: that Jews should be allowed to not only visit but pray on the Temple Mount. That shift truly a dramatic one, historically speaking was on display on Sunday as a record number of Jews visited the site to celebrate Jerusalem Day, which marks Israels capture of East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six Day War, the first time that the Temple Mount was in Jewish hands, at least nominally, in some 2,000 years. Over 2,600 Jews visited the Temple Mount, setting a record for the highest number of Jewish visitors to the site in a single day, likely since the Second Temple was destroyed in 70 CE.
admin | June 2, 2022
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the contributions Jewish Americans have made to the United States since they first arrived in New Amsterdam in 1654.
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