Letters to the Editor: February 10
‘Green Line’ an Artificial Border With No Basis in Law, History or Judaism
Susie Gelman of the Israel Policy Forum (Opinion, “Why the Pro-Settler Right...
Handing Down of the Ten Commandments From Sinai: Parshat Yitro
Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro (Yitro), who lives in Midian, hears the news of all the amazing miracles that G-d did for the Jewish people, and...
Why the Pro-Settler Right Hates Israel’s Justice System So Much
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government places the Israeli Supreme Court in the crosshairs, concerned supporters of Israel, from the Biden administration to...
As Antisemitism Rises, Gen Z Needs to Be Empowered With Jewish Knowledge
Tomer Schorr
Kanye (“Ye”) West has thrown the discussion about antisemitism into the spotlight across social-media platforms. He sparked outrage with millennials and older generations...
I Am a Single Rabbi Without Children … and I Shouldn’t Be Made to...
Jessica Fisher | JTA
I recently attended a bris in my community where the mohel announced to the new parents and the whole room, “Raising...
No, President Biden, the Synagogue Attack in Israel Did Not Target the ‘Civilized World’
David Suissa | Jewish Journal via JNS
We attach ourselves to narratives because they comfort us. It’s comforting to think that the terrorist who murdered...
Letters to the Editor: February 3
Appreciate Issue Commemorating the Holocaust
As a former associate director of the Baltimore Jewish Council with responsibility for annual Holocaust commemoration, I really appreciate the...
Parshat Beshalach: Moses Parts Sea, Enters Desert, Faces the Amalekites
In last week’s parshah, after years of the Jews’ enslavement and then the 10 plagues that G-d heaped upon the Egyptians, Pharaoh finally lets...
The Religious Accommodation Test
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against workers based on religion and other protected categories. That law...
Stop Wasting Valuable Time in the House
In the U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has been a provocative figure, particularly for many in the Jewish community. She is...
