Expanded pre-K is a Jewish value
As Gov. Martin O’Malley has reminded us, “Progress is a choice, and we have important work to accomplish this year.” From a communal perspective, O’Malley’s proposal to expand pre-K...
Op-eds
Why The Orthodox Union Supports Religious Exemptions to the Contraception Mandate
It’s not because they oppose contraception By Nathan Diament In June 2012, the Orthodox Union brought a dozen Orthodox lay and rabbinical leaders to the White House to meet...
It's Our Time to Shine
By Josh Pruzansky Originally published in The Jewish Link of Bergen County, October 31, 2013 On Tuesday, November 5th, the New Jersey Jewish community will have an opportunity to...
Obama embraces biblical Israel
By Nathan Diament Originally published in The Washington Post – On Faith, March 20, 2013 Today, on an airport tarmac outside Tel Aviv, President Obama not only took his...
The Most Important Funding for Jewish Schools That You’ve Never Heard Of
By Jeff Leb Originally published in The Jewish Week, March 14, 2013 The challenge of day school affordability is not just an economic but an existential one; it is...
Reconsideration of State Aid to Jewish Schools is Welcome
This Op-Ed was originally published in JTA on April 19, 2012 by OU/IPA Executive Director, Nathan Diament. For decades, the American Jewish community has debated the advisability, constitutionality...
Deducting from Charity
By Nathan Diament and Maury Litwack Originally published in the Washington Jewish Week, February 1, 2012 In seeking to raise revenue for the state’s treasury in his 2013 executive...
Going Into The Supreme Court, United For Jerusalem
By Nathan J. Diament Special To The Jewish Week On Monday, the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will take a rare excursion into the realm of foreign policy and the...
Need for Pluralism on 9/11 Anniversary
The Washington Post’s “On Faith” panel is holding a discussion about the propriety of including or excluding religious leaders and prayers from this weekend’s memorial services commemorating the tenth...
Circumcision central to Jewish identity
The Washington Post’s “On Faith” panel was asked to comment on the San Francisco Department of Election’s decision to validate an anti-circumcision initiative that will allow voters to decide...