Voices

By Jonathan S. Tobin | JNS Angry mobs of activists are roaming American streets pulling down or defacing statues of historical figures. In some cases,...

By Rabbi Chesky Tenenbaum This morning, I woke up, and I found myself in the same, seemingly hopeless situation that the world has become. Once...

By Michelle Sarna | JTA Someone very close to me shared openly that “Black Lives Matter is an important cause. But I don’t think it...

By Yitzhak Ilan Israel’s sovereignty initiative in the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria shouldn’t depend on the Palestinian, Arab or European response....

By Hannah Lebovits | JTA While I had been enjoying two days without electronics in observance of Shavuot and Shabbat, cities across the country were...

By Molly Wernick | JTA Jewish camp professionals don’t have much time to mourn the loss of the summers we’d planned. We must switch gears,...

By Rabbi Miriam Cotzin Burg I never knew what it meant to fulfill the mitzvah of saving a life until now. On April 20, my cousin,...

By Liz Spikol In the beginning of the 20th century, not too long after my maternal great-grandfather arrived in New York from Eastern Europe, the police...

By Stephanie Deichman It’s hard to believe Shavuot has already passed.  It feels like just a few days ago that I celebrated Purim in Jerusalem...

By Richard M. Joel There are those whose light continues to shine. This week, we mark the passing of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, president emeritus...