A grab bag of necessities
President Joe Biden’s transformational infrastructure proposal brings to mind the Talmudic idiom, “If you grab for too much, you’ll get nothing.” The $2 trillion...
Letters to the editor: April 9
Shoutout to the Weinbergs
Thank you for the comprehensive cover story about the 33rd annual William and Irene Weinberg Family Baltimore Jewish Film Festival (“Baltimore...
Opinion | Art of our soul
By Alli Fisher
As Jewish individuals, it is our mission in this world to act in the way of Hashem. Hashem is the ultimate artist...
Parshat Shmini: Mourning in unusual circumstances
By Rabbi Daniel Plotkin
Parshat Shmini, unusual for a portion in Leviticus, begins with a narrative section. The Tabernacle is dedicated, and Aaron and his...
Opinion | What it’s like to celebrate Passover in prison
By Christopher Blackwell
Over the past few years, I have been honored and blessed to experience — with good friends — some Jewish traditions and...
Opinion | Jews vanish from Iraq, but still have no closure
By Lyn Julius
The oldest Jewish Diaspora in the world, that of Iraq, edged closer to extinction on March 15, with the death of 61-year-old...
Maryland’s nonpublic schools need nurses, too
By Yehuda Neuberger, Jerry Wolasky, Karen Paiken Barall, Aryeh Gross, Yanky Statman, Sam Melamed and Edwin Zaghi
It’s the middle of a busy day when...
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...
