Opinion

Who Won in the Debt Ceiling Deal?

Congress endorsed the highly contentious debt ceiling suspension deal reached last week between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). The bill...

A Test of White House Policy

Almost immediately after the Biden administration announced its national strategy to combat antisemitism, it was put to the test. In mid-May, at the commencement ceremony...

Jewish Community Needs to Do a Better Job of Including Black Jews

By KeSean L. Johnson Many liberal Jews can openly quote Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and speak of him as the guide for their social justice...

Arab Reengagement with Bashar al-Assad

Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad is a bad man. He was shunned by the Arab League and most of the world for the past 12...

Letters to the Editor: May 26

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Jewish Pride in the Jewish Times David Suissa is on target in highlighting the often-overlooked warm feelings that Americans have toward Jews and the clear...

Erdogan, Yet Again

In the runup to last week’s much anticipated presidential elections in Turkey, press reports focused on the prospect that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade-long...

Mr. Biden, Define Antisemitism

President Joe Biden’s heart is in the right place in the fight against antisemitism. He has been forceful in his condemnation of the deep-seated...
Rabbi Uri Pilichowski

Is Chutzpah a Bug or a Feature of Israeli Life?

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Israel has the chips stacked against it when it comes to economic success. Unlike many other Middle Eastern states, Israel has no natural resources to...

Buffalo Shooting Brought Jewish, Black Communities Together

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The attack on the Tops Friendly Market on Buffalo’s Jefferson Avenue on May 14 last year shook Western New York to the core. In...

As a Rabbi in King Charles’ Court, I’m Learning to Love the Monarchy

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Perhaps the strangest part was sitting through a Sunday service in the 1,000-year-old nave of St. Albans Cathedral (the longest nave in England!) and...