Zelensky’s inspiring leadership
We learn from the Purim story that leadership can be thrust upon an individual in unanticipated ways. In Ukraine, we see that theme playing...
Letters to the editor: March 18
Biden panders to the left
After being elected over a whole year ago by many radical left-leaning voters and politicians, President Joe Biden doesn’t have...
Parshat Tzav: What should we glory in
By Alice Nesky
Both my Torah and Haftorah portions concern the details of sacrifice and holy rituals. In the Haftorah, the tribe of Judah’s sacrifices...
Opinion | How to talk to your children about war
By Lorrie Henderson
You can’t log in to social media or turn on the television without seeing news of the war waging against Ukraine from...
Parshat Vayikra: Learning to love begins with Leviticus
By Rabbi Lawrence M. Pinsker
Leviticus, the very center of the Torah scroll, details ancient Jewish practices of sacrifice, ritual and teshuvah (“atonement”). It asks...
Opinion | The Ukrainian refugee crisis and its dire consequences
By Jonathan Zisook
Ukraine is under attack, and a humanitarian and refugee crisis is ensuing.
More than 2 million people have already fled, many of them...
Biden leans center
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine properly got top billing in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address last week. It was the leading issue...
Hard choices
Americans are worried about the price of gas at the pump, fueled by the panic in the world oil market caused by the Russian...
Letters to the editor: March 11
Our connections to Ukraine
Toward the end of our Shabbat service two weeks ago, I mentioned that many of us had Ukrainian Jewish ancestors, and...
Opinion | I pray for Kharkiv
By Ari Mittleman
Twenty years ago this month, I landed at Boryspil International Airport near Kyiv for the first time. It was my first trip...
