Opinion

Letters to the editor: March 4

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Tikkun olam at Bolton Street I note Harold Mendelson’s concern that Bolton Street Synagogue and I, as the current president, are not focused enough on...
Mikhail Zinshteyn

Opinion | My heart breaks for Kyiv

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By Mikhail Zinshteyn I was born in Kyiv. I shy away from calling myself Ukrainian because at the time it was the USSR. And as...
Aaron Kaufman

Opinion | I know the obstacles faced by people with disabilities

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By Aaron Kaufman I’ve always believed in living life to the fullest. When you grow up with a disability, you are faced with a choice...
David Suissa

Opinion | The decline of free societies is rooted in these two words

On Feb. 24, 2020, former Indian Supreme Court justice Deepak Gupta delivered a lecture to the Bar arguing that “the right to dissent is...

Letters to the editor: Feb. 25

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When Moses Montefiore makes the news Any time there is an article about Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation, it piques our interest ("Jewish music...

Israel’s new cash crop

The kibbutz was one of modern Zionism’s first institutions. In the early 20th century, young Jews flocked to these communal settlements where they put...

The Houthis are terrorists

One year ago, the U.S. State Department removed the terrorist designation from the Houthi rebels who are fighting a civil war in Yemen. The...
Rabbi Alana Suskin

Parshat Vayakhel: When their heart is in the right place

By Rabbi Alana Suskin Vayakhel describes gathering materials for and making the mishkan, the tabernacle. As God, through Moses, gives instructions, something unusual is unveiled...
Jon S. Cardin

Opinion | America’s small revolution

By Del. Jon S. Cardin America is currently in the midst of a nearly silent but quite concerning social revolution. I say silent, not because...

Parshat Ki Tisa | Moses the ideal leader

By Rabbi Alan Iser In this week’s Torah portion, God threatens to destroy the entire nation of Israel for the sin of worshipping the Golden...