Letter to the Editor: Jan. 19
Not the Same
Steve Rosenberg’s column refers to the “precarious” status of the Black-Jewish alliance (“The Cycle of Trust,” Dec. 29). One reason for this...
Homelessness in Grants Point, Oregon
There is a homelessness epidemic in America. There are close to 600,000 homeless people — roughly 18 out of every 10,000 people. Homelessness presents...
Israel at the ICJ
Late last week, the state of Israel appeared before the International Court of Justice in The Hague to face accusations that it is committing...
Parshat Bo: The Persistence of God and Pharaoh
By Mara Forman
This week’s Torah portion is Bo. I find the story of Bo fascinating. When I originally read my Torah portion, the conflict...
Parshat Va’era: Googling God
By Rabbi Gila Colman Ruskin
Even before we met, it would be relatively easy to find out who you are.
I could look at your social...
The Houthis and the Axis of Resistance
The waves of the war between Israel and Hamas have reached the Red Sea. It is there that the Houthis, an extremist Shia-Islamist movement...
Harvard’s Time of Reckoning
Claudine Gay, the former president of Harvard University, couldn’t leave bad enough alone.
After the shortest presidential tenure in Harvard’s storied history — having been...
Destruction and Inspiration: Notes on a Mission to Israel
By Jay Bernstein
Imagine taking a tour of the Warsaw Ghetto a few months after the its destruction by the Nazis in 1943, or viewing...
Parshat Shemot: Asking for Help Is a Miracle
By Rabbi Jennifer R. Greenspan
One not so special morning, Pharaoh’s daughter wakes up in the morning, ready for her daily bath. I imagine her...
Letters to the Editor: Jan. 5
Ugly Polarization
Particularly with the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, current and past, one can observe widespread ideological/political partisanship via news and commentary (“American Jews Face Long-Term Threat...