Parshat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim: Loving the Stranger as Yourself
This week is a double portion: Achrei Mot and Kedoshim. In Kedoshim, the Torah demands that we overcome self-interest and instead engage in empathy...
Israeli Youth Trips to Poland
On March 22, Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau announced an agreement to resume Israeli youth trips to Holocaust...
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....
