How a podcast about a sandwich helped my son connect to Judaism
Kate Hennessey | Kveller
My 8-year-old son and I have been diving headfirst into podcasts lately. We’ve recently discovered and fallen in love with “Forever...
Parshat Ki Teitzei: When at first you don’t succeed, try again
Zachary Langer | KSDS
This week’s haftorah portion is the fifth in a series of haftorot that represent God comforting us after our actions led...
Parshat Shoftim: Why Bribery Doesn’t Pay
Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss | Special to JT
Which Torah commentary is the most underrated of them all? In my opinion, it’s the Book of Proverbs...
A second Iran deal would be based on pure fantasy
Dr. Joseph Frager | JNS
America is about to sign off on a second disastrous and foolhardy nuclear deal with Iran.
Like Yogi Berra said, it’s...
Who elected a Jewish pope?
Several bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies held at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall were recently disrupted by charedi teenagers. They blew whistles...
You can’t roll back and overcome antisemitism without looking honestly at why it exists...
Alex Safian | JNS
In the face of a rising tide of antisemitism, CNN deserves praise for presenting its special report “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in...
Letters to the Editor: September 2
Cherry-picking observances isn’t kosher
Declaring himself to be a “scholar”, albeit “not a Biblical or Talmudic scholar”, I am quite aghast at the glaring intellectual...
For CNN and antisemitism, not perfect but a good start
Jason Greenblatt | JNS
When I was approached by CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash to participate in a new documentary “Rising Hate: Antisemitism in...
Let’s not make a deal
Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz was in Washington last weekend to brief think tank directors on Israel’s objections to the latest draft of a...
Democrats to the center, Republicans to the right
The midterm elections are now a little more than nine weeks away. What was once predicted to be a resounding Republican recapture of the...
