The Abraham Accords a year later
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords, which established normal relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain,...
The limits of a fragile coalition
We are intrigued by the experiment in governance being pursued by the eight-party coalition that currently runs the State of Israel. It is the...
Letters to the editor: Sept. 24
Trump at fault in Afghanistan
The Sept. 10 issue’s letter, “Time for Biden to go,” is an example of revisionist history. Former President Donald Trump...
Opinion | If you spell it ‘antisemitism,’ then remove the hyphen from ‘anti-Zionism’
By Kenneth L. Marcus
Deborah Lipstadt, recently named by President Joe Biden as the U.S. Special Envoy To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, won’t just combat...
Opinion | The story of an unknown great Jewish hero of WWII
By Dr. Michael Matsas
In October 1940, large Italian forces suddenly invaded Greece from Albania. The newspapers kept informing us of a “strategic retreat” until...
Letters to the editor: Sept. 17
Maryland leads in protecting bees
Thank you for your article “The state of our bees” in the Sept. 3 edition, in which the JT discusses...
Nachman Shai is listening
In a recent JTA opinion piece under the headline “Has Israel let you down? Talk about it,” Nachman Shai, Israel’s new Minister for Diaspora...
Must a U.S. consulate be in Jerusalem?
Historically, the Consulate General of the United States in Jerusalem was a U.S. diplomatic mission that provided consular services to Palestinian residents in Jerusalem,...
Parshat Ha’azinu: Finding meaning in holiday rituals
By Rabbi Michael Werbow
On our way to Sukkot and Simchat Torah, we pause for a poem by Moses in which he testifies before the...
Opinion | Sukkot’s message is essential during our climate crisis
By Esti Shapiro
Growing up in the temperamental weather of Denver, Colo., it was not at all unusual to experience rain, high winds, heat waves...
