‘Do you want an answer, or do you want a hug?’
By Rabbi Gershon Schusterman
I was visiting one of my sons, Eliyahu, who was working as a rabbi in Atlanta. We were walking together one...
How fostering Jewish life would safeguard Malmö’s Jews Daniel Radomski
Bigotry anywhere is a grave injustice, yet it becomes all the more real to me when I hear about antisemitism in Sweden.
This nation, which...
Israel is becoming the ultimate study-abroad destination
With low costs, immersion in the Start-Up Nation and antisemitism spiking, it’s no wonder that students are choosing the Jewish state.
There are many reasons...
Why your synagogue, and mine, needs a pickleball court
The weekday minyan at my synagogue has been moved from the sanctuary to its airy social hall. And whenever I attend I have the...
Engage with Israel’s new government
On Dec. 21, shortly before the expiration of the midnight deadline to do so, Benjamin Netanyahu informed Israeli President Isaac Herzog that he had...
George Santos should resign
Before and during his recent campaign for office, incoming Republican Rep. George Santos of Long Island, N.Y., claimed to be “half-Jewish.” He also claimed...
Parshat Vayigash: Joseph travels to Egypt to be reunited with Jacob
Parshat Vayigash
Judah approaches Joseph and begs him to free Benjamin. He even offers himself as a slave (yes, he offers to stay in Egypt...
The feminist Chanukah story I didn’t know I needed
Ora Damelin | HeyAlma
Most of the women in the Bible fall into a few distinct categories. There are the wise wives and mothers like...
Teach teens to value ‘compassionate disagreement’
Rabbi Ari Leubitz | JNS
Community. It comes in all forms, and it is something we each rely on for support. Sometimes, we are born...
Chanukah is the holiday America needs right now
Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein | JTA
As a young child, I often wondered why people lit the chanukiah, or Chanukah menorah, in so many different places....