Opinion

Rabbi Larry Pinsker

Parshat Nitzavim-Vayeilech: Some Toys Teach You Lessons Forever

By Rabbi Larry Pinsker Conversations with grown children often bring unexpected, quirky memories. Case in hand: A quarter century ago, our family was joined by a...
Rabbi Jerry Seidler

Parshat Ki Tavo: Entering the New Year With Gratitude

By Rabbi Jerry Seidler Just the other day, I visited a cancer patient at the hospital where I work as a chaplain. I asked her...
Mitchell Bard

How Good Are US-Israel Relations?

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By Mitchell Bard For months, the media narrative has been that U.S.-Israel relations are deteriorating because of tensions between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister...
Gerard Leval

Tossing Out the Melting Pot Gave Us Antisemitism

By Gerard Leval There is a great deal of agonizing going on among many in the Jewish community regarding the alarming increase in antisemitism. Indeed,...
Michael Masters

From Tragedy to Teamwork

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By Michael Masters Following the 2018 synagogue attack in Pittsburgh, leaders of the Jewish community came together with technologists, public safety experts, and intelligence and...

Letters to the Editor: Aug. 25

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Disgrace to All Jews Ghislaine Maxwell, who is identifying as a Jew in prison to get better food, better work conditions, etc., is a disgrace...

Tel Aviv’s Light Rail Challenge

The unfortunate reality in today’s Israel is that even celebratory events are impacted by the country’s continuing controversy over the government’s efforts to limit...

Continuing Disunity in Israel

The recent dueling full-page ads in The New York Times, first by World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder and, in response, by a group...
Rebecca Reisner

Parshat Ki Teitzei: Being a Successful and Supportive Community

Rebecca Reisner This week’s parshah is Ki Teitzei. This parshah talks about 74 of the 613 mitzvot of the Torah. Some of these are about...
Rabbi John Franken

Parshat Shoftim: Not Just a Game

By Rabbi John Franken In his memoir, former world tennis No. 1 Andre Agassi recounts a match from his childhood as if it were yesterday....