The succession soap opera at Park East Synagogue
Most leaders understand the importance of succession planning. Thoughtful cultivation of succession helps assure continuity and affords the successor time to learn the intricacies...
Shining a light on survey practices
Antisemitism was the focus of two national surveys released last week. The first was by the American Jewish Committee and the second by Hillel...
Letters to the editor: Nov. 5
Add the Unite the Right rally to the list
Surely to be added to Jeff Knisbacher’s list of former President Donald Trump’s “important accomplishments” is...
Parshat Chayei Sarah: The value of patience
By Dylan Brown
This week we are reading Chayei Sarah. This parshah is about how Sarah dies and Isaac needs to find a wife and...
Opinion | California needs to pick Holocaust education or antisemitism
By Laurie Cardoza-Moore
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced the formation in his state, and allocation of millions of dollars, toward the Governor’s Council on...
Opinion | Memories of Rabbi Herbert (Naftali) Birnbaum
By Emanuel Goldman
Life’s journeys are filled with a rich range of opportunities for encounters; encounters, not in their adversarial context, but in their thrilling...
Letters to the editor: Oct. 29
Let’s discuss the real issues
Michael Gelman not only has it wrong on the “hidden” dangers to our democracy but can only repeat the Democrat...
Getting on the ‘deconfliction’ train
The latest joint project announced by Israel and the United Arab Emirates is a space mission to the moon that will, among other things,...
The dark shadow of Sunrise DC
Progressives were already struggling to get out from under the cloud of high- profile extremists within their ranks who rail against the Jewish state....
Opinion | Three years ago, Tree of Life was just the beginning
By Marc B. Terrill
There are days that are forever etched in your psyche and that affect your sense of well-being. Three years ago —...
