Parshat Vayishlach: Wrestling ourselves
By Rabbi Andy Gordon
Our ancestor Jacob, after decades away, has returned home. He learns that his brother Esau is about to meet him accompanied...
Opinion | Celebrating the light of my first Chanukah
By Michelle Talsma Everson
A few weeks ago, a package arrived from my aunt. I opened it to find presents wrapped in light blue wrapping...
Letters to the editor: Nov. 19
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...
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...
Opinion | Sigd is a declaration that Israel sees Ethiopian Jews
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...
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
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....
