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Indifference among Jewish students to their Judaism and to Israel underlies the challenges they face on campuses when confronting incidents of hostility from other students, or professors, conclude leading Jewish scholars in the AJC report, American Jewry and the College Campus: Best of Times or Worst of Times?View the pdf.
"After a long period of uneasiness between Europe and Israel, there have been recent signs of renewed Euro-Israeli commitment. But is this really the case?" writes Marta Mucznik, AJC's European Affairs Research Director.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) charged its congregations, members, and associated bodies not to “over-identify” with either party in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
U.S. Jewish Leaders Press Lithuanian Prime Minister to Resolve Property Restitution
Lithuania stands alone as the only country in Central and Eastern Europe to not yet settle the restitution issue, despite negotiations lasting more than six years.
"Twisting Holocaust memory, desecrating cemeteries, ignoring antisemitism and refusing to return communal property — surely this is not the best cultural capital Europe can offer," writes Rabbi Andrew Baker in the Forward.
