September 2014 Issue
Aging With Ease
Jewish Renewal movement founder’s insights form a new guide for senior living
- Are You Jewish? California considers asking on official state formsEver since the Holocaust demonstrated the danger of appearing on state registries, many Jews have been wary of self-identifying to the government. But a bill racing through California’s state legislature would let Jewish people do just that — and it was a coalition of Jewish groups who proposed it. California’s SB 1387 would mandate that... […]
- Germany could criminalize denying Israel’s right to exist. Could the U.S. follow?As Germany considers an unprecedented law that would criminalize denying Israel’s right to exist, American free speech advocates worry the proposal could spark similar efforts in the U.S. to curb Israel-related speech. The proposed law, which passed Germany’s upper house of parliament last week, would make publicly denying Israel’s right to exist a crime, with... […]