Opinion

Yael Zelinger

Opinion | A lesson on differences and inclusion

By Yael Zelinger “Ouch!” yelled my 12-year-old son, Elijah, when he arrived home from camp after I gave him a big hug. He mumbled something...
Ben Wahlberg

Parshat Lech Lecha: Trust and healthy relationships

By Ben Wahlberg In this week’s parshah, Lech Lecha, God tells Abraham and Sarah to go on a journey to the land of Canaan. This really...

Letters to the editor: Oct. 15

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Good news stories I want to thank staff writer Jesse Berman for the wonderful article about Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation’s rabbinic residency program...

A plan for Jewish security

In testimony this summer before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of...

Bahrain’s charm offensive

Much has been written about the political and emerging economic significance of the historic Abraham Accords. For the most part, the focus has been...
Solomon Stevens

Opinion | The great replacement lie

By Solomon D. Stevens When right-wing extremists marched in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017, I was a member of the synagogue that was threatened there. The...
Jonathan S. Tobin

Opinion | Is it ever OK to praise the ‘truth’ of an antisemitic blood...

By Jonathan S. Tobin Does it matter if politicians let lies told by people they meet publicly go unanswered? That’s the question that many in...

Parshat Noach: Igniting sparks of righteousness

By Ariella Katcoff The Torah says, “Noah was a righteous man; he was blameless in his age.” I started wondering what “being blameless in his...
Statue of Liberty

Opinion | The hidden dangers to our democracy

By Michael Gelman We now know that our democracy is far more fragile than we had assumed. Few would have believed that any president of...

Letters to the editor: Oct. 8

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Give Trump his due credit A bit ironic that the editorial staff ran a column on last year’s Abraham Accords, applauding “the progress and the...