Asaf Shalev
By Asaf Shalev
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Fast Forward Scattered by Hurricane Ida, the Jews of New Orleans prepare for High Holidays
(JTA) — Once the hospice care workers evacuated and electricity went out in New Orleans, Alan Smason and his sister had to figure out what to do about their mother. At 89 and suffering from dementia and a heart condition, she can hardly tolerate the heat of a Louisiana summer without air conditioning. An auxiliary…
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Fast Forward At least 150 sex abuse lawsuits filed against NY Jewish institutions under Child Victims Act
(JTA) — At least 150 child sex abuse lawsuits were filed against Jewish institutions in New York over the past two years under a special law that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations barring old claims, according to an analysis of the New York court system by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. This look-back window for…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Chief Rabbinate calls on Pope Francis to clarify comments on Torah and Jewish law
(JTA) — Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has asked Pope Francis to retract a recent comment about Jewish law that it said might lead Catholic listeners to “derogatory conclusions” about Jews. Rabbi Ratzon Arusi, chair of the Chief Rabbinate’s Commission for Interreligious Affairs, sent a letter to the Vatican expressing concerns about an Aug. 11 lecture there…
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Fast Forward How Ruth Bader Ginsburg helped an effort to promote female leadership in Jewish institutions
(JTA) — About two years before Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, the Genesis Prize Foundation gave out $3.5 million for gender equity initiatives in honor of the Supreme Court justice. One of the Ginsburg grants has now borne fruit with the release of a report on why there are relatively few female leaders in Jewish institutions…
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Fast Forward Orthodox areas are among the fastest growing in New York and New Jersey, census data shows
(JTA) — When the federal government moved up the deadline to complete the 2020 U.S. Census to the middle of the High Holidays last year, many Orthodox Jews feared that the local community would not be fully counted. “It’s something that’s very concerning to us as a community,” Rabbi Avi Greenstein, executive director of the Boro…
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Fast Forward Conservative movement to launch investigation of sexual abuse allegations at youth program
(JTA) — Days after allegations of sexual abuse by former Jewish youth program participants appeared in the media, the Conservative movement announced it would implement new safety measures and investigate how program officials have handled complaints. In the announcement, the CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, said the reports of…
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News The Reform movement is investigating itself over history of rabbinic sexual misconduct
(JTA) — After a series of high-profile revelations about sexual misconduct within its ranks, the world’s largest Jewish denomination has initiated three separate independent investigations into how it deals with allegations of abuse. In an unprecedented move, the Reform movement’s seminary, rabbinical association and synagogue network have each hired different expert law firms to investigate…
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry speak out: We endorse the Ben & Jerry’s West Bank pullout
(JTA) — The Jewish founders of Ben & Jerry’s defended the ice cream company’s boycott of Israel’s West Bank settlements in an op-ed in the The New York Times. Bennett Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, who sold the company decades ago and maintain no control over its operations, wrote in the op-ed Wednesday that they…
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