Opinion

Parshat Vayikra: Showing Commitment Through Sacrifice

This week’s parshah is about sacrifices. Something that specifically caught my interest was this line: “No meal offering that you offer to God shall...

Israel’s Right-Wing Puts the Independent Judiciary in Crisis

Solomon D. Stevens There are those who have always condemned Israel and denied its right to exist. I am not one of those people. I...

How the Passover Seder Can Help Build Jewish Allies

Marnie Fienberg Everywhere we turn, we hear about the rising tide of antisemitism, a story that almost seems to be writing an alternative version of...

Do Jews Count?

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Rabbi Yossy Goldman | JNS Jews don’t count Jews. Not even for a minyan. It’s a long-standing tradition dating back to the Torah, in which...

Letters to the Editor: March 17

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Couldn’t Be More Wrong There is so much wrong with Andrea Hodos’ opinion piece (“Can America and Israel Break the Cycle of Fear and Vengeance?”...

Drawing On Jewish Wisdom To Face Climate Anxiety

Rabbi Laura Bellows Whether from extreme weather, rising sea levels or threats to the Chesapeake’s economy and ecosystems, for many in Baltimore’s Jewish communities, living...

Progeny of the Taylor Force Act

The bipartisan Taylor Force Act was signed into law by former President Donald Trump in 2018. It directs the U.S. government to stop aid...

The Saudi Surprise

Last Thursday came reports of a three-pronged Saudi proposal to the U.S. of its “terms” for normalizing relations with Israel: a security agreement of...

Will Elijah Be at Your Seder?

Daniel Matt Most Jews are not familiar with the biblical Elijah nor with his Talmudic portrayal. They know of him because of childhood memories of...

Parshat Vayakhel/Pekudei: Holy Time, Holy Space, Holy Community

Rabbi Shelly Barnathan For several weeks now, the Torah has discussed the Mishkan — the portable sanctuary that the Israelites were instructed to create for...