This week’s Torah portion is Nitzavim, Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20. We’re all in this together
Rabbi Corey Helfand | Special to JT
Rabbi Boruch of Medzhybizh (19th-century Ukraine), the grandson of the great Chassidic master the Ba’al Shem Tov, taught:...
The search for my first mezuzah
Katie Heinzer | Hey Alma via JTA
Though it makes me a bad socialist, I am a material girl through and through. I moved around...
A relationship remembered, a future unknown
Ron Prosor | Israel Hayom via JNS
The death of Queen Elizabeth II took the world by surprise. Although she was 96, it was as...
What Queen Elizabeth meant to a British Jew like me
Jeremy Havardi | JTA
The death of Queen Elizabeth II after 70 years on the throne is a devastating loss for Britain, the Commonwealth and...
Letters to the Editor: September 16
Revisionist history
The Sept. 2, 2022 issue of the Baltimore Jewish Times ran both a right-leaning editorial and a right-leaning opinion piece, both containing revisionist...
Envisioning an end to hunger
Abby J. Leibman | Special to JT
At this time of year, Jews around the world engage in moments of reflection and renewal.
We read that...
Queen Elizabeth II
In the end, everyone was an Elizabethan. Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign ended quietly with her death last week. And with the accolades from...
The Catch-22 of the West Bank
Israel has a vexing problem. Under the uneasy status quo in place between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the PA has responsibility for oversight...
Parshat Ki Tavo: The Accursed Transgressors
Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss | Special to JT
In Parashat Ki Tavo, a series of curses are directed at twelve categories of transgressors: anyone who (1)...
Letters to the Editor: September 9
Judaism without the God of the Bible? We say yes.
Apparently, Rabbi Warren Goldstein (“Judaism without God? God forbid,” Aug. 26, 2022) has never heard...