Courtesy of Haviv Rettig Gur
The article below originally appeared in The Times of Israel. It discusses our foundation’s partnership with Haifa University to create Israel’s first academic

This past Tuesday, MK Nachman Shai (Labor) launched a new caucus in the Knesset dedicated to the issue of Israel-US relations. Our foundation is a partner in this initiative.
Below is a post from MK S

Friends,
I hope you enjoy this op-ed of mine that ran in a recent edition of eJewishphilanthropy.  In it I make the case for including American olim (new immigrants to Israel) in the Knesset. This wi

Dear Friends,
Today I share with you the second of two op-eds by members of the Israeli Knesset that appeared on JTA, the primary global news service of the Jewish community.
It may be surprising, at

Dear Friends,
Today I share with you the first of two op-eds by members of the Israeli Knesset that appeared recently on JTA, the primary global news service of the Jewish community.
As always, please

The Israel-American Jewish Community Knesset Caucus for strengthening relations with the American Jewish Community convened Monday for a special session with guest speaker Abraham Foxman, National

Below is an op-ed that appeared in the Jewish Week which I co-authored with Yedidia Stern, Vice President of Research at the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI). The op-ed was published in honor of Israe

Friends,
Today I want to share with you a recent op-ed I wrote for Haaretz on the relationship between Israel and American Jewry—a topic of special interest to me and the Ruderman Family Foundation.

Friends,
Today I write to share with you my recent op-ed in The Jerusalem Post.
Do you think Knesset members fully appreciate the importance of understanding the diverse perspectives of American Jews

By Jay Ruderman
Only this time of year of course we refer to that tent as the Big Sukkah: A shelter large enough to unite Jews from both sides of the Atlantic with the goal of mutual understanding and

We are a bit late to the controversy surrounding an essay, “After Zionist Summer Camp,” penned by a young woman named Allison Benedikt in an obscure online magazine called The Awl.
Jeffrey Goldber

A new survey was recently conducted by the B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem polling Israelis on their attitudes towards the American Jewish community. The results show that Israelis strongly

Left, right or center, the State of Israel is a fixture in the minds of most American Jews (and indeed in the minds of most Americans).  Our connection to Israel is a deeply rooted facet of American

The Jewish Advocate has a post-mortem on the Ruderman Fellows Program (subscription required), a recent event sponsored by the Ruderman Family Foundation which brought six members of Knesset to Boston

Recently, the Jewish Agency has sparked controversy by undergoing a major restructuring, closing its three distinct units and combining them into one. This represents a fundamental shift in the organi

Hot on the heels of the controversy surrounding Allison Benedikt’s recent piece comes another anti-Zionist article by a young American Jew. This time the author is Kiera Feldman, and she is railing

The Jerusalem Post has a worthwhile excerpt from Israeli journalist Shmuel Rosner’s new book, “Shtetl, Bagel, Baseball.” Titled “Do American Jews Still Like Israel?”, it is an excel

The Knesset’s recent passing of the anti-boycott bill has been roundly criticized on all sides as counterproductive. It’s hard to disagree.
Make no mistake; the BDS is a malevolent force. They po

By Guest Blogger Roberta Fahn Schoffman, MindSet CEO
Members of Knesset participating in the upcoming Ruderman Fellows Program braved stormy weather last night to attend an informal pre-trip dinner at

Friends,
In just two days Passover will be here, a holiday that invites us to explore all the ways we are still striving for freedom in our lives and community and ways we can bridge our differences t

Jay Ruderman
This past week the Jerusalam Post ran a column by Michael Freund that struck a chord with me and I’m certain, with other American-born Israelis as well.  Here Freund makes a bold state

Dear Friends,
Our foundation is extremely proud that the Ruderman Fellows Program, our initiative to educate members of Israel’s Knesset on the American Jewish community, has led to the creation of

By Jay Ruderman
Dan Brown, founder of eJewish Philanthropy, makes a solid point in this recent piece, that Israel and Israelis need to be more accountable to the Diaspora cousins who are so heavily in