Opinion | The comeback begins
By Jeremy J. Fingerman
I can’t believe we have finally arrived at this special time — the reopening of summer camps and the rebuilding of...
Parshat Chukat: Moses’ big mistake
By Cantor Nancy Ginsberg
Parshat Chukat has one of the most perplexing, even disturbing, passages in the Torah. Moses the faithful shepherd, who has led...
Opinion | What Bennett can learn from Biden, and vice versa
By Dan Schnur
As Israelis take their first tentative and raucous steps into a post-Netanyahu era, the most frequently asked question is how long a...
Letters to the editor: June 18
The real situation at colleges
It’s past time to quash the Big Lie. And it’s also time to squash the littler lies and stereotypes that...
Benjamin Netanyahu
After his historic 12 years as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s legacy begins with two words: It’s complicated. But whatever your view of the...
Moral certainty and ‘truth’
It is disturbing that today’s public disagreement has moved from engagement, debate and reasoned argument, to more confrontational, accusatory and finger-pointing expressions of anger,...
Opinion | Here’s what Yiddish writers can teach us about Tulsa and beyond
By Jessica Kirzane
My grandpa once told me a story about when my great-grandparents were on a steamship emigrating from Ukraine to Cuba in the...
Parshat Korach: Arguing for the sake of heaven
By Rabbi Jennifer Weiner
In our weekly Torah portion, Korach leads a band of rebels. Korach no longer wishes to follow Moses’ leadership. Instead, Korach...
Letters to the editor: June 11
Hamas aggression v. Israel’s self-defense
Thank you for Ben Sales’ article (“All about the Iron Dome,” May 21) in which the writer claims first, that...
Partners in the battle against antisemitism
The announcement last week that Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is leading a group of Jewish and Black senators in establishing a coalition to fight...
