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In a chapter from a newly released collection on US Judaism, Jerome Chanes and Shaul Magid argue that the countercultural movement had an outsized impact - but not all agree
(JTA) — Rabbi Arthur Green gave the commencement address on May 18 at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Conservative flagship where he was ordained 56 years earlier.
Though many central elements of Jewish Renewal have become part of the American Jewish mainstream, scholars debate just how influential the Jewish spiritual counterculture truly is.
Jewish institutions have accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from Putin confidante Roman Abramovich. Will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine force a…
Madoff scandal rocks Jewish philanthropic world December 15, 2008 1:03 am Richard Joel is president of Yeshiva University, which is said to be at risk of losing at least $100 million in connection with Bernard Madoff's alleged financial scheme. (Ben Harris) Advertisement NEW YORK (JTA) — The securities fraud of Bernard Madoff has rocked the Jewish nonprofit world — and the worst may be yet to come. Madoff, the founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested Dec. 11 after admitting to his board that a hedge fund he ran was essentially a $50 ...