Ben Sales

2 days ago | forward.com | Ben Sales

( JTA) - The new aid system in Gaza suspended at least some activity for a second day on Thursday as Israel shifted operations amid chaos at distribution sites that has included deadly shootings. The shift has included empowering and arming rivals to Hamas to play a role in aid distribution, Israeli news organizations reported on Thursday.

3 days ago | forward.com | Ben Sales

( JTA) - Israel's government may fall soon as one of its haredi Orthodox factions threatens to leave because of a dispute over the military draft. Israel requires all of its Jewish citizens to enlist in the military but has carved out an exception for haredi Orthodox men in a deal dating back to the states early days.

3 days ago | jlifenj.com | Ben Sales

An effort to reflect the experiences of California’s minority communities in its educational curriculum has faced criticism from a range of groups over concerns about whose stories are being told. How and where do Jews fit into America’s minority communities? That’s the question at the center of a debate that has raged for more than a year over new school curriculum guides that are being adopted in California.

3 days ago | jlifenj.com | Ben Sales

The statement was signed by groups representing the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements as well as other major organizations. By Ben Sales, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, JTAAfter a gunman murdered two Israeli embassy staffers, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky outside a Jewish museum, a wide range of major Jewish groups has asked the federal government to sharply increase its funding for religious institutions’ security to $1 billion.

3 days ago | sun-sentinel.com | Ben Sales

(New York Jewish Week) — It isn’t hard to find members of Neturei Karta, the anti-Zionist activist Orthodox group, in New York City. They show up, habitually, at both anti- and pro-Israel rallies, either as protesters or counter-protesters. And they reliably wear the same outfits — traditional haredi Orthodox dress combined with pro-Palestinian symbols and signs declaring that authentic Judaism rejects Zionism.