How I learned to love the Yiddish revival
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...
Judaism can show the way on abortion
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...
Opinion | Looking at the universe through the eyes of God
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...
Opinion | Founding a Middle Eastern NATO
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...
Opinion | Israeli action is more important than Biden’s words
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...
Letters to the editor: July 22
Anyone can be a teacher
I want to thank you for the article in your July 8 issue, “Synagogues face religious school teacher shortage.” I...
Parshat Pinchas: Pinchas and Goethe
By Rabbi Jack Luxemburg
“What you get by achieving your goals is less important than what you become by achieving your goals.”
This insight attributed to...
Opinion | Thanks to Israel, we live in the Jetsons’ world
By Steve Rosenberg
As a young boy growing up, one of my favorite shows was “The Jetsons.” With a catchy theme song, fun characters and...
