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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

The Cost of Community: The OU’s Bold Effort to Make Frum Life Sustainable

Affordability in the frum community often feels like a crisis, yet others argue that the pressures inherent to Jewish communal life are…

FROM THE PAGES OF JEWISH LIFE

The Editor’s View  

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan briefly served as editor of Jewish Life, the precursor to Jewish Action, in 1974. During his tenure,…

POLITICS

Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Joe Lieberman—On the Occasion of His First Yahrtzeit

In a political landscape often defined by ambition, self-promotion and partisanship, Senator Joe Lieberman, whose first yahrtzeit was Adar 17,…

PEOPLE

Joe Lieberman: A Role Model for American Orthodox Jews

While the legislative legacy left behind is long and impressive, we can argue that it was Joe Lieberman’s dugma ishit—stature…

ISRAEL

Up Close with Rivka Ravitz

Jewish Action Editor-in-Chief Nechama Carmel speaks with the former chief of staff to Israel’s tenth president. 

EDUCATION

The Battle for Safe Schools

It’s very painful to be aware of what the security standards are and to know that your school falls short…

JEWISH LIVING

Politics and the Pulpit: Should Rabbis Discuss Politics in Shul?

Knowing people take their politics so seriously, why would we want to risk limiting our ability to share the vibrancy…

EDUCATION

The Art of Advocacy: Maury Litwack

Maury Litwack, the director of state political affairs at the Orthodox Union, has over fourteen years of public policy and…

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