Opinion

Rabbi Marcy Jacobs

Parshat Mishpatim: The Torah of Reproductive Freedom

By Rabbi Marci Jacobs June 2022. Like many of my friends and colleagues, I was reeling from the Supreme Court’s unsurprising but devastating decision in...
Barak Hermann in Israel

Reflections From a Mission to Israel

By Barak Hermann I arrived back in Baltimore with a lot on my mind and in my heart. I just returned from Israel on a...

ICJ Chooses the Middle Course

On Jan. 26, the International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an interim ruling in the case brought by South Africa, which charges...

Qatar in the Crosshairs

Qatar is a country on the Persian Gulf that shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia. Qatar is home to around 2.7 million...
Ilan Beck

Parshat Yitro: A Guide To Living Good Lives

By Ilan Beck In Parshat Yitro, the people of Israel escaped Egypt and walked to Mount Sinai. They are there to receive the Ten Commandments. The...

Letters to the Editor: Jan. 26

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Ban the Book Bans The recent book bannings in Florida (“Florida District Pulls Many Jewish and Holocaust Books,” Dec. 29) brings back memories of the...

The Chutzpah of Ann Arbor’s School Board

There are nearly 14,000 public school districts in the United States, each of which has a school board. With an average of five to...

No Labels Fights Back

No Labels, the centrist group preparing to offer a third-party “unity” presidential ticket as an alternative to the presumptive nominations of President Joe Biden...
Rabbi Ilan Glazer

Parshat Beshalach: Carrying Our Loved Ones With Us

By Rabbi Ilan Glazer What, and who, do we take with us on our journeys? Before I leave the house, I make sure that my wallet,...
Solomon D. Stevens

How to Fight Antisemitism in Our Colleges and Universities

By Solomon D. Stevens As is now well known, the presidents of three prestigious American universities recently appeared before a congressional committee to answer questions...