Opinion | Let us sleep without fear
By Del. Jon S. Cardin
My wife and I go to sleep every night without the fear of being woken up by the sound of...
Parshat Tetzaveh: The rule of the 99
Rabbi Fabian Werbin
Among the kohen’s garments, there is one that always caught my attention: the choshen, or priestly breastplate. On it were attached...
Opinion | Our morals should compel us to take the COVID-19 vaccine
By Rabbi Yosie Levine
A poll released recently by Monmouth University showed that 24% of Americans likely will never get the COVID-19 vaccine if they can...
Opinion | The power of relationships
By Shelly Malis
I had no idea 17 years ago when I met Heather Harvison, founder and executive director of Sisters Circle, that my life...
Student opinion | Coming together over a love of Israel
By Shira Kramer
How often do high school students have the opportunity to join hundreds of people who are passionate about the same things they...
Opinion | A dispatch from Texas
By Betsy Markman
Do you know the scene in Willy Wonka where all four grandparents share the same bed in an effort to keep warm?...
Opinion | Here’s how we can save endangered Jewish languages
By Sarah Bunin Benor
I can’t stop thinking about Flory Jagoda, Joseph Sassoon and Kitty Sassoon — three American Jews in their 90s who recently...
Opinion | What we can learn from Natan Sharansky’s book, ‘Never Alone’
By Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
Natan Sharansky’s most recent book, “Never Alone,” co-authored with Gil Troy, is a must-read for anyone who cares about the American...
Opinion | How will Biden approach Israel?
By Solomon D. Stevens
In spite of his proclivity for courting right-wing extremists and fanning the flames of prejudice (including Judeophobia) in the United States,...
Opinion | Is Biden good for the Jews?
By Donald Ray Schwartz
In days gone by, in the time of a liminal event such as a presidential inauguration, it was common for nervous...
