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...
Opinion | Now is exactly the right time to talk about building a better...
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...
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...
Opinion | Human Rights Watch has now gone beyond antisemitism
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,...
Opinion | My father’s lesson: Jews must value labor even when they become management
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...
Human Rights Watch should watch its words
There are many problems with Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) contention that in "certain areas” of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, Israel’s “deprivations”...
Letters to the editor: May 14
The status of our anti-bias bill
The bill S.B. 220/H.B. 128, requiring those convicted of hate crimes to undergo an education program created by the...
Parshat Behar-Bechukotai | Infusing holiness into our days
This week, we conclude the Book of Leviticus, whose aim is the establishment of holiness. Leviticus begins with a description of the sacrificial system...
