Opinion | The blessing and potential curse of prosperity
By Douglas Altabef
The history of the rebirth of Israel had very little to do with material wealth. The ethos of the kibbutz movement was...
Farewell to Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel, the outgoing chancellor of Germany, is stepping down after 16 years in office, having achieved wide recognition as one of the world’s...
Brinksmanship theater in Congress
Over the past 45 years, we have experienced 20 government shutdowns. No one likes them. So, it wasn’t at all surprising that the most...
Opinion | Shmita can be a model for tackling climate change and inequality
By Sen. Meghan Kallman and Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
We are in an era of multiple interlocking crises. From record-breaking heat waves to wildfires to water...
Parshat Bereshit: Making a good first impression
By Tylor Massouda
My Torah reading is about the days of creation. This story is a familiar one and a symbolic one for many occasions....
Opinion | The only card Abbas has left
By Amnon Lord
The main subject of Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas' address to the United Nations General Assembly last week was yet again the...
Letters to the editor: Oct. 1
No comparison to the Holocaust
There is no comparison to any event now or before, and hopefully I pray, there will never be a catastrophe...
A vaccine for kids
Last week, we learned that after months of clinical trials, Pfizer determined that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children between the...
Iron Dome can’t protect against Israel-haters
The Israel-haters among progressive Democrats are giving progressives a bad name.
We try not to overuse the accusation of antisemitism. But how else does one...
Opinion | Simchat Torah renews our ability to tell Genesis’ 2 creation stories
By Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder
Everyone has at least a few creation stories: how they were born, how they came to the career they chose, how...