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The Place of Tikkun Olam in American Jewish Life

The Place of Tikkun Olam in American Jewish Life

November 1, 2014 | Jonathan Krasner
INTRODUCTION The symbolic moment when the now ubiquitous phrase “tikkun olam” entered the American Jewish mainstream probably took place during the visit of Pope John Paul II to the United States in September 1987. A crisis in Vatican-Jewish relations was precipitated by the Pope’s meeting in June with President Kurt Waldheim of Austria, whose activities […]
The Jewish Communities of the Western United States

The Jewish Communities of the Western United States

April 3, 2008 | Dr. Steven Windmueller
Twenty-five percent of all American Jews live in the Western United States. They represent a distinctive and growing voice within Jewish life.
Quebec Anti-Semitism and Anti-Semitism in Quebec*

Quebec Anti-Semitism and Anti-Semitism in Quebec*

January 1, 2008 | Prof. Morton Weinfeld
Jewish marginality is an ongoing feature of Quebec Jewish life. The Jewish case in Quebec is unique in North America. French Quebec has not come to a full societal resolution of the legacies of its attitudes toward Jews and World War II during the 1930s and 1940s.
Technology and Jewish Life1,2

Technology and Jewish Life1,2

March 21, 2006 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, Prof. Avraham Wyler
The Jews of Moldova, 1998

The Jews of Moldova, 1998

September 15, 1998 | Dr. Betsy Gidwitz
Some Paradoxes in American Jewish Life

Some Paradoxes in American Jewish Life

March 15, 1988 | Gerald Bubis