Opinion

Donald Ray Schwartz

Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei: A pledge to do and to hearken

By Donald Ray Schwartz In this week’s parshah, which closes the Book of Exodus, we are gifted with the Torah. Our ancestors pledged to do...
Julia Bailey

Opinion | How a notary came to gift books to children

By Julia Bailey I applied to be a notary about seven years ago, when I returned to Baltimore. I lived here when I was attending...

The International Criminal Court

No one favors genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or wanton aggression. Despite that near-universal revulsion, few want the International Criminal Court to investigate...

A step toward religious freedom in Israel

Last week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that non-Orthodox conversions must be recognized for purposes of citizenship under Israel’s Law of Return. The decision...

Letters to the editor: March 12

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‘Saturday Night Live’ errs It is reassuring that there were so many signatures on the AJC petition to NBC concerning the recent anti-Semitic remark made...
Dr. Itzhak Brook

Opinion | Can we safely have in-person seders?

By Dr. Itzhak Brook Passover creates challenges for those who are looking forward to celebrating the seder in person with friends and family. The availability...
Jillian Axelrod

Opinion | I can’t fast for Jewish holidays without being reminded of diet culture

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By Jillian Axelrod At 10 years old, I decided it was time for me to start fasting on Yom Kippur. While most people don’t start...
Hailey Cohen

Parshat Ki Tisa: What the census teaches us

By Hailey Cohen My Torah portion is about the census of the Jewish people. Instead of doing the census the way we do it today,...

The Senate’s power brokers

November’s election brought the government under the full control of the Democrats, but not by much. Because of the 50-50 split, any Senate Democrat...

The international COVID laboratory

Israel has vaccinated a higher percentage of its citizens against the coronavirus than any other country. More than half of the adult population has...