Voices | For High Holidays, Do the Unexpected: Double Down
By David Suissa | JNS
With Jewish communal life turned upside down during these pandemic times, and the High Holidays fast approaching, the anxiety of...
Voices | The One-State Delusion
By Paul M. Schneider
Several commentators have proclaimed the Middle East peace process dead, and with it the possibility of a two-state solution. Some who...
Voices | Parents Face Impossible Choices. We Shouldn’t Face School-Shaming, Too.
By Melissa Henriquez | JTA
I’m dubbing “school shaming” the new Mommy War of 2020.
If you’re a parent of school-aged children and you’ve been on...
Voices | How Birthright Helped a Tour Guide Get Through the Pandemic
By Yonatan Rozen | JNS
It’s not often that a person feels that he or she as an individual can have a real, tangible impact...
Voices | Israeli Sovereignty and Its Unlikely Benefactors
By Alex Joffe | JNS
With regard to the possible application of Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, certain long-term aspects are clear....
Voices | Learning to Speak Up
By Alanna Margulies
There are many ways I could chart the course of my past two years as a college student. Semesters completed, grades earned,...
Voices | May His Memory Be a Blessing: 4 Lessons We Can Learn From...
By Mark Pelavin | JTA
The day is one of my most vivid and treasured memories. I was associate director of the Religious Action Center...
Voices | Remembering the Srebrenica Genocide
By Ari Mittleman
Twenty-five years ago in Pennsylvania, I was a middle school student enjoying summer vacation.
Twenty-five years ago in Bosnia, boys my age were...
Voices | We Could Be Witnessing the End of the Right to Asylum
In 1948, after the Holocaust, the right to asylum was recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to ensure that never again would...
Voices | We Do Not Need Another ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
By A.R. Vishny | JTA
Hey, did you hear? There is a new “Fiddler on the Roof” movie in the works!
(Cue groan.)
Listen, it’s nothing personal....
