Opinion

Letters to the Editor: July 29

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Good news, bad news or both David Suissa’s remarks about good news versus bad news (“What the Highland Park massacre hides from us,” July 15)...

Maryland’s embarrassing vote-counting delays

It’s a mess. And there are lots of excuses offered. Some blame it on the pandemic. Others blame it on the governor. And still...
Benjamin Kerstein

The free market would be a disaster for Israel

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By Benjamin Kerstein While I was studying at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva in the early 2000s, I once discussed the Israeli economy...
Andrew Silow-Carroll

How I learned to love the Yiddish revival

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By Andrew Silow-Carroll Josh Dolgin, the Canadian rapper and klezmer musician who performs as Socalled, was nearing the end of a raucous, crowd-pleasing set earlier...
Donna Robinson Divine

Judaism can show the way on abortion

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By Donna Robinson Divine On the issue of abortion, the war over words is more lethal than the conflict over deeds. Even the terms used...

Support the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’

Last month, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and reversed 50 years of abortion rights jurisprudence, the dissent predicted that the court’s...

Parshat Matot-Masei: Being part of the solution

On the verge of entering the Promised Land, the children of Israel must fight the Midianite people first. Although Moses instructs his warriors, according...
Benjamin Resnick

Opinion | Looking at the universe through the eyes of God

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By Benjamin Resnick Back in December, human beings, a weird variety of uniquely frail, lithe and hairless monkeys, launched into space a new, $10 billion...
Henrique Cymerman

Opinion | Founding a Middle Eastern NATO

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By Henrique Cymerman The Middle East is experiencing a geostrategic earthquake, and its epicenter is in Saudi Arabia. This seismic shift is leading to the...
Tamir Hayman

Opinion | Israeli action is more important than Biden’s words

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By Tamir Hayman Though not without precedent, U.S. President Joe Biden’s pledge that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon is important. It is significant...