Opinion

Rabbi Lance J. Sussman

Parshat Vayeshev: Publicizing the Miracle and the Challenge of Chanukah

By Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Ironically, one of the persistent questions about how to observe Chanukah since the establishment of the holiday in the second...
Rachel Fish

How to Talk With Kids About Israel When Lighting Chanukah Candles

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By Rachel Fish As Jewish families celebrate Chanukah, we remain continually focused on the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Many children — not to mention...

Letters to the Editor: Dec. 8

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Gaza Attitudes A recent letter (“Not So Innocent,” Dec. 1) indicated correctly that the vast majority of people in Gaza support the recent horrendous attack...

Henry Kissinger

Henry Kissinger, the first Jewish secretary of state and an architect of American foreign policy in the 1970s, died last week at age 100....

Israel’s Iron Beam

The life-saving impact of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system is very well known. We have all seen the footage and heard the delayed...

Elon Musk on the Hot Seat

Elon Musk, the mercurial billionaire owner of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, may or may not be a racist and...

Deafening Silence

Over the past several weeks, several women active in various women’s rights issues wrote compelling op-ed pieces bemoaning that, despite overwhelming evidence of brutality,...
Rabbi Dana Saroken

Parshat Vayishlach: Reunion and Reaction

By Rabbi Dana Saroken At the beginning of this war, I redecorated our home a bit. I needed constant physical reminders surrounding me that things...
Rabbi Daniel Plotkin

Parshat Vayetze: The Power of Names

By Rabbi Daniel Plotkin Names have power. Names have significance. Names have meanings. This is true for place names, and this is true for the...

Support for Israel Remains Strong

Israel’s war with Hamas prompted a piercing wake-up call that is reverberating throughout the Jewish world. We are concerned about the security and safety...