With Reporting by Nacha Cattan.
By With Reporting by Nacha Cattan.
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News Big Groups To Address Gay Rights Questions
WASHINGTON — The divisive national debate over gay rights is about to spill over into the Jewish organizational world, as leaders of a dozen of the nation’s largest Jewish groups prepare to gather in Boston and try to hammer out a joint Jewish communal position on the issue. The topic will take center stage later…
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News Senator Urges Orthodox Leaders To Wage War on Secularism
The senate’s third-ranking Republican urged Orthodox leaders to fight the powers of “radical secularism” as if “the lives of your children are at stake.” Senator Rick Santorum, leader of the Senate Republican conference, issued his call Monday in Manhattan during the Monday keynote address at a gathering of Orthodox Union leaders, an organization representing about…
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