Opinion

Rev. Irvin (Isaac Leib) Stern

Opinion | My zadie, Holocaust survivor and master shochet

By Jeremy Diamond Rev. Irvin (Isaac Leib) Stern was born on March 3, 1927. He was the oldest child to Chantza and Yisroel Dov Stern....
Gavin Adler

Parshat Nasso: Today’s messengers

By Gavin Adler This week’s Haftorah is from the book of Judges. It is about the birth of Samson. In the Haftorah, we read that...

Letters to the editor: May 21

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A must-read story of survival Jesse Berman’s feature story on Ida Schmidt-Chait’s survival during the Holocaust and the dedication of the new Ringelblum Archive memorial...

Politics, religion and Pew

Everyone knows that in order to keep peace in polite company, religion and politics should be avoided. But the two are intertwined in the...

The fires within

The fires within Israel’s Operation Guardian of the Walls is the kind of military operation with which we are very familiar. The country is under...
Leah Solomon

Opinion | Now is exactly the right time to talk about building a better...

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By Leah Solomon For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be still. – Isaiah 62:1 As...
Summer Friedman

Parshat Bamidbar: The power of forgiveness

By Summer Friedman This week’s haftarah comes from the Book of Hosea, and it focuses on the importance of forgiveness. The haftarah talks about how the...
Clifford D. May

Opinion | Human Rights Watch has now gone beyond antisemitism

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By Clifford D. May Antisemitism may be the world’s oldest hatred but it’s still a long way from death’s door. What I find particularly distressing,...
worker rally

Opinion | My father’s lesson: Jews must value labor even when they become management

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By Rabbi Rachel Timoner Earlier this year, when my father was in the last weeks of his life, he told us a story that none...

Student loan relief v. loan forgiveness

There is widespread concern about the crippling financial challenge to some 43 million Americans of their federal student loans. Proposals to deal with the...