Israel at 75
This year, as we mark Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day on April 26 (5 Iyyar), we join the people of Israel and supporters of...
Israel Is Committed to Maintaining the Status Quo on the Temple Mount
One of the critical tasks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face in the coming weeks is reducing the tensions between Israel and Jordan....
Holocaust Remembrance and Inexcusable Hyperbole
During his Holocaust Remembrance Day speech on Monday night at Yad Vashem, Israeli President Isaac Herzog admonished the public never to invoke the genocide...
I Can’t Forget What the Nazis Did, But I Can Be Grateful to a...
Picture a cute-looking, 6½-year-old girl with curly braided hair. She is standing on a sidewalk, on a cold, dreary day in Leipzig, Germany, together...
For Theatergoers at Broadway’s Spate of Jewish Shows, Attendance a Form of Witness
Jewish stories have had top billing on Broadway this season — and Jewish audiences have flocked to the theater.
Audiences have lined up to see...
Letters to the Editor: April 21
Presenting Both Sides
Even though Jerome Marcus’ opinion about “What’s Really Happening in Israel” (April 7) is not coming from an objective observer, is a...
Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Celebrating a New Moon
It’s a new month — the month of lyar — when we will celebrate Israel’s 75th birthday. In this Haftarah, the Prophet Isaiah explains...
Why Does Yale Respect the Traditional Values of Muslims in 2023 When It Didn’t...
Congratulations are owed to Yale for its dean of students’ decision to provide single-gender housing options to students beginning with the 2023-24 school year....
Judaism Doesn’t Want You to Wander and Live Just Anywhere — or Does it?
I was a remote worker long before the pandemic made it a thing, but it was only this year that I really took advantage...
‘Two Israels’: What’s Really Behind the Judicial Reform Protests
When Benjamin Netanyahu put his controversial calls for judicial reform on pause two weeks ago, many thought the protesters in Israel and abroad might...