Opinion

Surprised by joy

Rabbi Raymond Apple | Special to the JT C.S. Lewis wrote a book about his early life titled “Surprised by Joy.” The name is from...

Letters to the Editor: October 14

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Colleges don’t collectively ‘brainwash’ Evidently, Sonny Taragin (Letters, “Don’t make me laugh,” Sept. 30) thinks that “liberal” colleges are involved in some kind of conspiracy...

Self-censorship on campus

First there were Jewish space lasers. Now there are Jew-free zones. Neither exist. But both urban myths are signs of our hyperbolic times. Jewish space...

The promise and uncertainty of the Lebanon gas deal

Early last week, Israel gave a preliminary nod of approval to a U.S.-brokered draft deal with Lebanon to address a years-long dispute regarding a...

Parshat Re’eh: Finding meaning in the laws of kashrut

By Jonah Reisner What I found most interesting about the laws of kashrut found in this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Re’eh, are the rules for...

Parshat Ha’azinu: What is Moses trying to tell us?

By Rabbah Arlene Berger | Special to JT Parshat Ha’azinu is the second to last chapter in the Torah. We’ve been schlepping across the desert...

Letters to the Editor: October 7

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Why go back and discredit a president? As the beloved Ronald Reagan might say, “There he goes again.” In a diatribe with the trappings of scholarship,...

Everyone’s buddy

Rabbi Moshe Hauer | Special to JT A very good friend of mine passed away last month. His name was Louis Sapolsky, but everyone knew...

An EU opportunity

In 1995, Israel and the European Union (EU) entered into an Association Agreement which called for ministerial-level meetings between EU representatives and Israel at...

Iran in trouble

Iran remains in the headlines. And the theocratic regime is taking a beating. But instead of criticism focused on the politically divisive nuclear deal...