http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en nrubin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T19:04:19+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/ties_that_unbind/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/ties_that_unbind/#When:19:00:33Z For all of the accomplishments that American Jewry and the State of Israel have jointly worked on since 1948, figuring out the essence of their relationship is not one of them. Indeed, the purposely amorphous term “Jewish state” remains even more problematic than in the state’s halcyon beginning, an era in which the Jewish people were so physically… Opinion - Editor's Note 2012-02-02T19:00:33+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/hacking_wars/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/hacking_wars/#When:03:00:14Z A new front has opened in the Israel-Arab wars, one certainly unforeseen by both the Jewish state’s founders and its enemies. It smacks of the dark side of technological and intellectual prowess in this still young century, but will not dissipate — perhaps ever. Now, after roughly 10 decades of actual physical fighting between Palestinian Arabs (and their… Opinion - Editor's Note 2012-01-20T03:00:14+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/our_english_future/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/our_english_future/#When:19:00:45Z English food is bland. The country’s humor is weird. And its weather makes Baltimore’s seem always bright. The fate of the Queen’s loyal Jews are an indicator of what’s already happening on these shores. Indeed, the gap between Jewish reality there — what I call “a vigorously creative decline” — and life here is shrinking. Population: Start with… Opinion - Editor's Note 2012-01-05T19:00:45+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/youth_gone_wild/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/youth_gone_wild/#When:19:00:15Z The most complicated story out of Israel these days is how West Bank Jewish settlement leaders have lost control over a small group of their teens and young adults — the so-called “hilltop youth.” They have (lightly) attacked soldiers and have allegedly burned Palestinian mosques and damaged other properties as “price tags” for the government’s (finally) dismantling of… Opinion - Editor's Note 2011-12-22T19:00:15+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/having_a_catch/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/having_a_catch/#When:19:00:21Z Wow.”That was the text message I received last Thursday from my colleague,photographer Kirsten Beckerman. She and I have been on dozens of assignments together in years past. Yet what happened last Thursday was a game changer for both of us. We had just interviewed and photographed one of the most remarkable men either one of us had ever… Opinion - Editor's Note 2011-06-09T19:00:21+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/sukkah_as_classroom/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/sukkah_as_classroom/#When:15:54:00Z
]]>On a gorgeous Monday morning, a couple dozen middle schoolers from Fallstaff Middle School turned the Temple Oheb Shalom into a classroom of understanding. Many of the students, mostly African American, live on blocks within walking distance of Fallstaff and have Jewish neighbors. So when the holiday of Sukkot comes around, they are used to seeing their Jewish… Opinion - Editor's Note 2007-10-05T15:54:00+00:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/more_sukkah_yuks/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/editors_note/more_sukkah_yuks/#When:15:52:00Z
]]>Ah yes, it is Sukkot, our “time of joy.” As such, I again punish faithful readers with my annual round of Jewish jokes to be retold in the sukkah, hopefully starting a round of groan-inspiring laughter and smiles. Mind you, these yuks can be told elsewhere. But alas, they’re not as funny as when enjoying a fall afternoon… Opinion - Editor's Note 2007-09-28T15:52:00+00:00