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Julie Schonfeld's remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington Interfaith Prayer Service on Wednesday, August 28, at Shiloh Baptist Church.

By Julie Schonfeld

For the Jewish community, the iconic image of our...

By Julie Schonfeld
Originally posted in The Jerusalem Post

These have been a few puzzling days as a large platform now referred to as “Ezrat Yisrael” appeared with short notice and some confusion at Robinson’s Arch, the area at...

By Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy and Julie Schonfeld

Originally posted in The Hill

Earlier this month, the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations released a report recommending that the government lift the ban...

The following timeline was put together by the Masorti Movement in Israel:

Since 1980, Egalitarian Masorti/Conservative minyanim have gathered and davenned without interruption in the upper Kotel plaza (on the edge of the...

By Julie Schonfeld

Modern-day slavery is a high-profit and low-risk endeavor that allows criminals, through their cruel enslavement of innocent people, to profit by $32 billion per year.

Last spring, The President's Advisory...

As Jewish communities around the world gather to celebrate the new year, we hope you enjoy this collection of thought and inspiration for the High Holidays.

These articles, which draw upon Jewish tradition in the context of...

By Gerry Skolnik

As an unrepentant (if older and wiser) child of the sixties, I have always considered it one of the sacred tasks of parenting to insure that my children -- all four of them -- know and appreciate the music that shaped my...

By Julie Schonfeld

Last week I attended a small meeting with a number of Jewish communal representatives with Secretary of State John Kerry and the President's National Security Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, who gave an update on...