A breach at the Supreme Court
Much has been said about last week’s unprecedented leak of a draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in the Dobbs v. Jackson...
Parshat Kedoshim: The golden rule
By Brennan Stewart
This week’s Torah portion is about God telling the Israelites some new rules. One rule is to treat your neighbor as you...
Spotlight on infertility
Across the globe, developed countries are experiencing decreasing fertility rates and aging populations. People marry later than in earlier decades, delay childbearing until later...
Elon Musk’s Twitter
No, Elon Musk is not a Jew. And while his eye-popping $44 billion purchase of Twitter may turn out to be good for him,...
Letters to the editor: May 6
Lifting Title 42
As a Democrat, I am not happy with President Joe Biden’s decision to lift Title 42 (“The battle over Title 42,” April...
Opinion | Whose Temple Mount?
By Jerold S. Auerbach
The recent eruption of Arab violence on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City was hardly a random choice. The holiest...
Parshat Achrei Mot: Reexamining Leviticus 18:22
By Avi Sax
Achrei Mot includes laws governing what we eat, how we pray and how we love. Some of the laws make a lot...
Opinion | The here and now of Holocaust remembrance
By Ruthie Blum
It is of tragic relevance that anti-Jewish Arab riots, rocket fire and hate-filled solidarity protests around the world upstaged the lead-up to...
Opinion | Ukrainian Jews, come to Israel!
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
We have tremendous admiration and appreciation for the dozens of organizations working to rescue Jews from Ukraine. Words cannot...
Opinion | Passover 2022: Are Jews still people of the book?
By Samuel J. Abrams
April 15 marked the beginning of Passover. The centerpiece of this festival is the seder. The seder meal often takes hours,...
