by Loeb Newport | Nov 1, 2018 | news
By Lila Corwin Berman Courtesy: The Washington Post Published November 1, 2018 I am a historian of American Jews. My morning last Saturday began with a bar mitzvah at our synagogue in Philadelphia; an hour into it, I left with my son to take him to a squash lesson at...
by Loeb Newport | Oct 27, 2018 | news
By Jay Parini Courtesy: CNN Published October 27, 2018 The mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday is horrifying. Men, women and children at prayer should feel safe. Racist and anti-Semitic hatred should have no place anywhere in this country. As we...
by Loeb Newport | Oct 11, 2016 | news
By Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. Courtesy: The Huffington Post Published October 11, 2016 This week Jewish people around the nation will gather in houses of worship in every state to observe the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the day of atonement....
by Loeb Newport | Aug 12, 2016 | news
By Sarah Vowell Courtesy: The New York Times Published August 12, 2016 Every August, the oldest synagogue in the United States celebrates the fact that George Washington hated tolerance. In 1790, a couple of months after Rhode Island became the last state to ratify...