Opinion | I used to judge ex-Orthodox Jews until I started listening to them
By Rivka Nehorai
Ten years ago, I sat shocked watching a new music video from one of my creative Jewish heroes, Matisyahu. Newly married and...
Opinion | Afghanistan: Chronicle of a failure foretold
By Eyal Zisser
The last American soldiers are only supposed to leave Afghanistan a month from now, but the Taliban has already reached the capital,...
Opinion | Simone Biles exemplifies pikuach nefesh
By Hannah S. Pressman
At first it seemed like any other morning. I had to get two kids ready for camp (fill water bottles, slather...
Opinion | No easy fix for Israel’s gold-medal civil marriage dilemma
It was an epic Olympic Games for Israel. The Jewish state’s team brought home a record four medals from the Tokyo Olympiad, including two...
Opinion | Ben & Jerry’s dispute a sign of growing societal challenge
By Dan Schnur
Sometimes an ice cream cone is just an ice cream cone. But sometimes a debate that may seem to be just about...
Opinion | Will the Delta variant spoil the High Holiday comeback?
By David Suissa
Just as things were returning to normal, and rabbis across America were eagerly anticipating a full reopening for the High Holidays, the...
Opinion | Ben & Jerry’s is right: Settlements on Palestinian land aren’t Israel
By Matthew Weinstein
Here in Tel Aviv, the announcement by Ben & Jerry’s that they are planning to end sales of their products in West...
Opinion | Is the golden age of American Jewry at an end?
By Abraham H. Miller
For decades, the American Jewish community has avoided dealing with the growing antisemitism of the left. When tiki torch-carrying white nationalists...
Opinion | Take it from a former FBI agent: Security is all about the...
By Robert Graves
As the COVID-19 pandemic winds down, people are beginning to return to patterns of life and cherished activities that have been on...
Opinion | The ‘not enough fear’ rally
By Mitchell Bard
For months, Jews have been talking about the upsurge in antisemitism; polls have indicated American Jews are experiencing unprecedented levels of antisemitism...
