Opinion

Letters to the editor: Nov. 19

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Caring more for caregivers In Maryland, there are 110,000 individuals ages 65 and older living with dementia and 238,000 caregivers who provide 364,000,000 hours of...

In every generation

The name Maccabee — drawn from the historic group of Jewish rebel warriors who founded the Hasmonean dynasty — has come to symbolize strength,...

It’s still the economy

Americans are worn out from the pandemic, worried about the economy and looking for leadership. This can be seen in casual conversations with friends...
Cantor Nancy Ginsberg

Parshat Vayetzei: The power of dreams

By Cantor Nancy R. Ginsberg Some mornings I wake up confused as to whether the dream I just had was actually a dream or part...
Israeli women from the Ethiopian Jewish community

Opinion | Sigd is a declaration that Israel sees Ethiopian Jews

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By Shula Mola I have rarely missed the annual Sigd event in Jerusalem. When I lived in Ethiopia, the annual holiday was a fixture of...
Alyssa Weiner

Opinion | There was an antisemitic incident on my campus, and it’s not OK

By Alyssa Weiner Recently, the brothers of the Alpha-Pi chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) at George Washington University found their fraternity house vandalized and...

Letters to the editor: Nov. 12

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Abraham Accords are ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ I read a recent editorial in the Baltimore Jewish Times in which your periodical waxed poetic regarding the...

Israel’s net-zero promise

Like many of the United Nations climate change conferences that preceded it, this year’s gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, featured a number of big promises....

Mounting challenges for the Democratic Party

It is not unusual for the political party of a newly elected president to suffer losses in the midterm elections two years after winning...
Rabbi Marc Israel

Parshat Toldot: How to differentiate between facts and beliefs

By Rabbi Marc Israel Tthe book of Genesis is written as mythology, so we should not focus solely on its historicity. Its characters may be...