Pesach Sheni | The lessons of the Second Passover
By Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum
On Monday we celebrated Pesach Sheni (the Second Passover). The first Passover sacrifice was brought in Egypt in the year 2448...
Opinion | If rabbis can’t talk about public policy, what’s the point of Torah?
By Rabbi Michael Rothbaum
When do you call the rabbi?
Sometimes to complain. (We’re Jews, after all.) But usually, a life-cycle event has taken place. A...
Letters to the editor: April 30
Ready to return to shul
I applaud the Jewish Times article “Lag B’Omer heralds cautious return to in-person events” (April 23). The synagogue to which...
Opinion | Sorry, but Zoom Judaism just isn’t the real thing
By Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel
For more than a year now, synagogues around the world have managed to continue their activities during the COVID pandemic...
Resounding bipartisan support for Israel
In today’s combative political climate, amid mounting concerns of partisan posturing, there are few things on which most Democrats and Republicans agree. But a...
The gun problem
We face a mass shooting epidemic. And the cure is evasive.
The recent burst of mass killing is upsetting. But it has been relegated to...
Opinion | In student governments, Jews and Zionists need not apply
By Zev Hurwitz
The story goes like this:
A Jewish student is elected to the university’s student government. The student’s fitness for office is challenged by...
Parshat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim: On our life experiences and Judaism
By Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz
This week we read the double portion of Achrei Mot-Kedoshim. Parshat Achrei Mot opens by referencing the death of Aaron’s sons,...
Opinion | The case for a paid family and medical leave bill
By Jo Shifrin
When I discovered an 18-inch hole in my mother-in-law’s wall, I realized she could no longer live alone: A swarm of termites...
Opinion | Surge in hate crimes requires government action at all levels
By Howard Libit
The FBI tells us that hate crimes have risen to their highest levels in a decade, according to the 2019 Hate Crime...