Opinion

Rabbi Lizz Goldstein

Parshat Bo: Rome is always burning

By Rabbi Elizabeth Goldstein Since I first read Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s “The Particulars of Rapture: Reflections on Exodus,” Parshat Bo reminds me of her phrases,...
Audrey Glickman

Opinion | Packing our parents in cotton wool

By Audrey Glickman My friend Joy mentioned the idiom of packing our parents in cotton wool to protect them and keep them alive longer —...

Opinion | Coughing and limping into 2022

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By Hannah S. Pressman Just when we thought, foolishly, that it was safe to go outside — our lives slowly restored to normal, masks discarded,...

Letters to the editor: Jan. 7

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Our ancestors were murdered. That’s why I fight for Holocaust remembrance. Regarding “My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. That's why I'm a rabbi for racial justice,”...

Plans to settle the Golan

In a move early last week that attracted very little international attention, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that his government plans to invest...

A challenge to Israel’s rabbinate

Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. All Jews. But not all Jews have the same beliefs, observances and customs. It is not...
Clifford D. May

Opinion | Biden’s weak defense of democracy

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By Clifford D. May The Summit for Democracy upset China’s totalitarian rulers. That’s the most positive thing I can say about the two-day virtual conference...
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Opinion | Israel and her neighbors

By William Z. Fox What were the odds of Israel’s survival, living in a hostile neighborhood, when she accepted the United Nations partition plan in...
Rabbi Debbie Reichmann

Parshat Shemot: Moses, the vigilante?

By Rabbi Debbie Reichmann There is a special challenge in crafting a d’var Torah on parshat Shemot (Exodus 1:1-6:1). It is one of the most...
activists holding signs for student debt cancellation

Opinion | Why aren’t American Jews talking more about student debt relief?

By Rabbi Emily Cohen When I finished rabbinical school in 2018, I entered the “real world” with $40,000 in student loans. I acted fast, prioritizing...