Opinion | Using cyanide gas in executions is an affront to Jewish values
By Tim Eckstein
On June 8, the state of Arizona executed Frank Atwood. Atwood, whose mother escaped Nazi persecution in Vienna, faced a perverse choice:...
Opinion | Our tradition is ready for the climate crisis
By David Zvi Kalman
Climate change is here and getting worse, yet Jewish thinking and advocacy on climate change are still stuck in prevention mode....
Deadly ghost guns
Ghost guns are unserialized, unregistered and untraceable firearms that are bought in pieces and can be assembled at home. They are a worrisome addition...
More tremors in the shaky coalition
Could Israel’s rightward-leaning parties — who have historically been the strongest advocates for the settler movement — find themselves in the position of causing...
Letters to the editor: June 10
Honest debate about guns
Jonathon S. Tobin’s recent opinion piece on guns and the Second Amendment (“The only honest discussion about guns rests on the...
Parshat Nasso: Strength in community
By Casey Silverman
This week’s Torah portion, Nasso, is about commitment to community. A lot of my Torah portion talks about playing one of...
Opinion | Here’s why I’m a Zionist
By Mark Hotz
One Sunday morning when I was about 9 years old, my Hebrew school class was ushered into a large room to watch...
Opinion | The year behind us, and the year that could lie ahead
By Linda A. Hurwitz
Imagine you are sitting here a year ago, and I challenged you to forecast the future. How might you have responded?
Would...
Opinion | In a millisecond in front of Israel’s president
By Jason Langsner
Standing before Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, at his residence in Jerusalem, I paused. In a millisecond, while simultaneously taking a deep breath,...
Opinion | The only honest discussion about guns rests on the Second Amendment
By Jonathan S. Tobin
The massacre in Uvalde, Texas, is just one more in a long succession of horrific examples of gun violence in America....
