Don’t forget Jordan
Amid the hoopla surrounding the Abraham Accords, the fireworks accompanying the U.S. Embassy’s move to Jerusalem, the frustrating stalemate with the Palestinians and the...
Opinion | Ignore Jonathan Pollard’s terrible advice
By Jonathan S. Tobin
It was probably inevitable that we hadn’t heard the last of Jonathan Pollard. When the convicted spy landed in Israel last...
Another ‘Other’
In the last year, Asian Americans have suffered at least 3,795 hate incidents. The upsurge in this disturbing trend seems to stem from some...
Israel in stalemate
One week after Israel’s fourth national election in two years, the country remains in political gridlock. As in previous rounds, in addition to the...
Letters to the editor: April 2
Bet Chaverim is here
The 75 families of Howard County’s 8-year-old Bet Chaverim Congregation, a full-service Conservative congregation with a successful and growing religious school,...
Passover: Singing the Song of the Sea … again
By Rabbi Neil Tow
Every Friday night, we sing Shiru L’Ado — nai Shir Chadash (Psalm 96) “Sing to God a new song,” and many...
Parshat Tzav: Tending to the fire of prayer
By Rabbi Linda Joseph
Here comes the rabbi’s confession: I struggle with prayer on Zoom. Because I must manage slide sharing, silencing congregants and other...
What if the sea waters had not parted?
The problem is severe. In the four months from October 2020 through February of this year, 29,792 unaccompanied minors have crossed the southern U.S....
Letters to the editor: March 26
Cardin is right on police reform
Del. Jon S. Cardin and his Democratic colleagues were unfairly castigated by “Worry about criminals, not the police” (March...
Opinion | We must ensure that Asian Americans are heard
By Dylan Adelman and Shira Loewenberg
One year ago, we addressed Jewish concerns and response to the violence and xenophobia directed at Asian Americans at...