Confronting domestic abuse
During the past year, home has been a safe haven for most people. It was the comfortable refuge from the deadly pandemic, which predominantly...
Biden’s 100 day speech
President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office last week with a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress. He spoke...
Opinion | Does America’s Afghanistan pullout bode ill for Israel?
It turns out that there are some things on which President Joe Biden and his predecessor agree.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Biden’s decision to...
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...