Opinion | What I’m working for in Annapolis
By Del. Sandy Rosenberg
The health care and economic crises that we are all experiencing present a historic opportunity to address these issues in both...
Opinion | The Talmud can help us process our collective grief
By Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier | JTA
Americans watched in shock last week as a mob broke into the Capitol, ransacked senatorial offices and exiled a...
Opinion | A fellowship year like no other
By Elam Boockvar-Klein
Whenever I tell someone I work for Repair the World, I chuckle to myself. I am a 22-year-old Baltimore transplant from New...
Parshat Vaera: The importance of a personal connection
By Deborah Rapoport
A math teacher once asked a fascinating question in a workshop of mine: Why were her struggling students only able to solve...
Opinion | I survived the Capitol attack. Now there’s work to be done
By U.S. Rep. Susan Wild
On Jan. 6, 2021, in the midst of unfolding chaos — the sounds of gunfire and shattering glass echoing around...
Opinion | Sen. Ben Cardin: We can no longer be a haven of hate
By Sen. Ben Cardin
Hate and fear were rampant in our nation’s capital on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
The day started with a rally on the Ellipse...
Opinion | If Hillel and Shammai could do it, why can’t we?
By Alan Ronkin
The best political bumper sticker I ever saw was crystal clear, touched a nerve and was simple in message.
It read: “NO!”
The sticker...
Opinion | A look back at the Arab Spring, 10 years later
By Sarah N. Stern | JNS
It’s hard to believe that this week marks a decade since Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian fruit vendor, set himself...
Opinion | I refuse to tell my daughter about the far-right march that shut...
By Carly Pildis
I lied to my 4-year-old little girl, right to her pretty little curly-haired face, about why her school was closed on Wednesday....
Opinion | The second pandemic: Misinformation
By Dr. Daniel Stone | JNS
At Thanksgiving, nine family members from three households shared turkey and all the trimmings. Unfortunately, COVID-19 was also on...
