Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward After Trump Ban, Chicagoland Synagogue Moves Efforts From Refugees to Protest
CHICAGO (JTA) — Taylor Clearfield went to the airport Friday to welcome a Syrian refugee family. The next day, she returned with a sign to protest the ban on refugees entering the United States. President Donald Trump had enacted the ban via executive order on Friday afternoon, between her two trips. She had anticipated the development, but hearing…
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Fast Forward Conservative Movement: Maybe Non-Jews Could Be Synagogue Members
(JTA) — Responding to a rising number of interfaith families, Conservative synagogues will be voting on a measure from their umbrella body that would allow congregations to admit non-Jews as members. Currently, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s Standards for Congregational Practice restrict synagogue membership to Jews. But the new language, which congregations will vote on in March,…
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Fast Forward Trump Refugee Ban Decried by Liberal Jewish Groups
(JTA) — Several liberal Jewish groups have decried a leaked draft of an executive order from President Donald Trump that would temporarily bar refugees and immigrants from some Muslim countries from entering the United States. The draft, which was leaked to the media Wednesday, bars the entrance of noncitizens from certain Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq,…
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Fast Forward For Jewish Groups in Women’s March, Plenty of Work Ahead With 4 Years of Trump Looming
(JTA) — One Jewish group that joined the Women’s March on Washington has seen its online donations double since the election of Donald Trump as president. Another has twice as many guests as usual attending its annual conference. A third has seen its social media engagement skyrocket. And after bringing thousands of Jews to the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Split Along Ideological Lines on Trump Inaugural Address
(JTA) — Reacting to the inaugural address of President Donald Trump, Jewish groups stuck to their ideological bearings. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations praised the unifying portions of Trump’s speech and called on him to safeguard Israel’s security and other Jewish interests. “We welcome President Trump’s acknowledgement of the need to…
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Fast Forward Washington D.C. Synagogues Split on Joining Inauguration Protest Fray
(JTA) — On Friday, the United States will inaugurate a new president and usher in an era of new policies and rhetoric. But at the Sixth and I synagogue in Washington, D.C., eyes are on the day after, when some 200,000 marchers will gather to reassert support for policies they think will be threatened under…
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Fast Forward Fordham Bans Students From Joining Pro-Palestinian Campus Group
NEW YORK (JTA) — Fordham University will not allow students to form a Students for Justice in Palestine group because it does not allow groups that solely promote one country’s interests. According to a Tuesday statement from Fordham, a Jesuit school in New York City, an SJP group would act more like a political lobby…
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Fast Forward Obamacare Repeal Effort Worries Jewish Service Group
(JTA) — Before the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit organized local doctors to provide free care to Jews who lacked health insurance. The Detroit agency closed the doctors’ program after enactment of the health care law, also known as Obamacare, and instead worked to enroll people in health…
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