From Moses to Memphis, the Work of Liberation Remains Unfinished
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein | JTA
Rereading Exodus this month in synagogue reminds me of when I first learned about Moses’ role in freeing the Children...
Nadiv Lev: Offerings of the Heart
Rabbi Shawn Israel Zevit | Parshat Terumah
Immediately upon breaking free from oppression and our birth as a people, not only clans, we have been...
US, Israel Jews Need to Ease Up
Jack Rosen
There is a great deal of talk about an impending confrontation between U.S. Jews and Israel due to the new government there.
This right-wing...
Israeli Earthquake Aid to Turkey and Syria Reflects Paradox of Human-God Partnership
Simcha Chesner | JNS
Israel was drenched last week with the blessing of rain. Last week, the Chief Rabbinate announced that due to the drought,...
YIVO Digitizes Writer Chaim Grade’s Archive, a Yiddish Treasure with a Soap-Opera Backstory
Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA
Years ago, when I worked at The Forward, I had a cameo in a real-life Yiddish drama.
A cub reporter named Max...
A Missed Opportunity: Memorializing the Holocaust Is No Longer Enough
Jan Lee
I can still remember my first civics lesson by my grandmother, a Ukrainian Jew who fled the pogroms of the 1900s and later...
Letters to the Editor: February 17
Youth Delegations Spread a Positive Image of Israel and Judaism
I fully agree with author Tomer Schorr’s perspective on the need to empower Gen Z...
SOTU Stump Speech
President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address last week. He spoke to a newly divided Congress and an electorate that...
A New Tool for Jewish Philanthropy
The Jewish philanthropic sector is valued in the billions of dollars. It is, literally, a very big business. It is comprised of organizations and...
Parshat Mishpatim: After the Ten Commandments, Learning About Specific Mitzvot
Now that the Jews have received the Ten Commandments at Mount Sinai (in last week’s Torah portion, Yitro) and accepted the Torah, G-d teaches...