Nathan Guttman and Josh Nathan-Kazis
By Nathan Guttman and Josh Nathan-Kazis
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News Trump Immigration Crackdown Forces Synagogues To Consider Becoming ‘Sanctuaries’
Congregation Mishkan Israel, in Hamden, Connecticut, has a well-earned reputation for social activism, sometimes of the controversial kind. A progressive Reform synagogue that is said to be oldest Jewish congregation in the state, Mishkan Israel has hosted figures from Martin Luther King Jr. to a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The synagogue sponsored seven…
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News Wiesel’s White House Lunch Defuses Tensions
When Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel published an open letter in April arguing against pressuring Israel on the issue of Jerusalem, it was seen as a sign of just how severe tensions had become between the Obama administration and Israel’s government and its allies in the American Jewish community. What a difference a couple weeks make….
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