Opinion | Many Jews of color and diverse Jews are politically conservative
By Mijal Bitton | JTA
After Joe Biden won the presidency, my liberal friends were aghast that over 70 million Americans voted for Trump.
My Syrian,...
Opinion | On healing and whole stones
By Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky
There are so many layers to a transition of power. The rabbis teach us that the reason we do not...
Opinion | We need Thanksgiving more than ever this year
By Daniel Treiman | JTA
Americans are in desperate need of some common ground. That’s why, this year, Thanksgiving isn’t coming a day too soon.
No...
Opinion | The president-elect must heed history when managing Iran
By Danny Danon | JNS
One of the most crucial issues on the table for the Middle East is Iran. It is very likely that...
Opinion | Amid endless fatigue, give yourself a break
By Betsy Stone
Depending on how you count, we’re now in month eight of this endless trauma. I’ve been describing it as a bitter Napoleon...
Opinion | Anti-Semitism, circa 1974 and in 2020
By Alan Ronkin
I was just a kid, only 7 or 8.
I was walking home from school on a brisk fall day in my kippah and...
Opinion | Biden should watch and learn
By Eyal Zisser | JNS
On Election Night, voters went to sleep with U.S. President Donald Trump and woke up with President-elect Joe Biden.
Countries in...
Opinion | A season of change? Only if we do our part
By Rabbi Joshua Runyan
For the first time since ceding the reins of a Jewish newspaper, I was called a traitor last week by a...
Opinion | Lifelong lessons for Israel’s future
By Susan Weikers
For me, involvement with the state of Israel was prenatal. Even before I was born, right around the time of Israel’s founding,...
Opinion | Bridging technology and education
By Rivki Fialkoff
Until last spring, I always started my day by checking my email. Since then, it seems like I walk into a different...
