Opinion

David Suissa

Opinion | The five miracles of Israel

By David Suissa One of the problems with the need to always defend yourself is that you can lose sight of the big picture. In...
Rabbi Jeremy Markiz

Parshat Behar: The sin of verbal mistreatment

In Parshat Behar, among the rules of the shmita and jubilee years, we read a seemingly simple injunction: “Do not wrong one another, but...
Fred Pincus

Opinion | Where do Jews fit into critical race theory?

By Fred L. Pincus In the midst of the continuing national controversy, Jews have debated whether or not critical race theory is “good for the...
Del. Sandy Rosenberg

Opinion | Moving toward Pimlico’s finish line

By Del. Sandy Rosenberg I watched my first Preakness from the attic window of the house on the corner of Rogers and Merville avenues. That’s where...
Rabbi Susan Grossman

Opinion | Torah prioritizes the mother’s life and health

By Rabbi Susan Grossman Years ago, something went wrong late in a friend’s much-wanted pregnancy. If the fetus continued to grow, it could kill her...

Letters to the editor: May 20

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Not in line with Jewish ideas In a piece in last week’s JT, Yaakov Menken cherrypicks — deforms, actually — Jewish texts to place them...

Political self-preservation

The recent return of the Ra’am Islamic party to Israel’s precariously balanced government shows just how significantly political self-preservation motivates the members of the...

Collective punishment for looking Jewish

We struggle to contain our indignation. The story is upsetting. The video is chilling. The apology was milquetoast. Lufthansa Airlines blew it. But very...
Lilly Warren

Parshat Emor: The significance of special times

By Lilly Warren In Emor, it talks about the Jewish holidays and how they are all different from each other. The holidays are so special...
Paula Goldstein

Opinion | Emotional health an issue for everyone

By Paula Goldstein When COVID hit in 2020, the collective trauma over this mysterious illness led to a rise in what was already a serious...