Letters to the Editor: October 28
Political bias and self-enrichment on campus
Sidney Chernick’s response (Letters, “Colleges don’t collectively ‘brainwash,’ ” Oct 14) to a highly fictionalized version of my letter...
Parshat Noach: Do the work to be the better person
This week’s Torah portion is all about Noah, the only righteous person in his generation. He follows God’s command to build a huge ark...
The overturning of ‘Roe’ threatened our religious rights. Trigger bans stripped us of them.
Rabbi Hara Person and Rabbi Kelly Levy | Special to the JT
Indiana. Oklahoma. Tennessee. Texas. These are just a few of the states that...
Judah Samet was a mensch well before he survived the Tree of Life shooting
Beth Kissileff | JTA
It is rare that one can say attending a funeral was an uplifting experience. Yet the funeral for Judah Samet —...
The road to Middle East progress runs through Turkey
Harley Lippman | Special to the JT
Turkey appointed a new ambassador to Israel in early October in what is a long overdue step towards...
Giving back to the breast-cancer community through Sharsheret
Marissa Piazzola | Special to the JT
“You should reach out to Sharsheret.”
This was one piece of advice among many that I received as I...
From fist bump to poke in the eye
The U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia has always been complicated. With the recent decision by the Saudi-led OPEC Plus cartel to scale back oil...
Letters to the Editor: October 21
Traditional learning and modern secular studies are not incompatible
Matty Lichtenstein (“I studied how New York City’s Chassidic yeshivahs gained legitimacy. Here’s what I learned,”...
Bereishit roundup: In the beginning
“In the beginning, G-d created the heavens and the earth.” In the beginning, the world was one big mess; nothing was in its place....
The American West should look to Israel for climate solutions
Alina Clough | Via JNS
The American West is learning climate lessons the hard way. This summer especially, droughts have required the federal government to...
