JTA’s story on the easing of USY’s interdating ban generated a firestorm. But if the Conservative movement is looking for a cause for concern, there’s something else it should be worried about. Ever ...

The American Jewish Congress reported today the results of a study indicating that most students at a ranking Eastern university had dates with persons outside their faith and believed that ...

As a teenager, I was an active member of United Synagogue Youth (USY) and then went on to serve as a chapter adviser and youth director in the organization for several years. I also spent my first two ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now, Friday Focus and The Reel Schmooze podcasts, and heads up The Times of Israel's features. A few ...

Ever since publication of my Dec. 23 story on the decision by United Synagogue Youth to relax its rules barring teenage USY board members from dating non-Jews (“USY drops ban on interdating”), JTA has ...

It happened more than thirty years ago, while I was teaching a session at a kinus (a weekend educational program) run by United Synagogue Youth (USY), the youth movement of Conservative Judaism. We ...

Jerusalem Post / Diaspora United Synagogue Youth drops ban on interdating 4 in 10 American Conservative Jews marrying non-Jews, Pew research shows. TEENAGERS POSE at the United Synagogue Youth ...

Before pressuring rabbis to abandon their opposition to interdating, I decided to test Rob Eshman’s claim that there is a shortage of Jewish men between 30 and 49 willing to marry (“Our Hindu Widows,” ...