After the tragic shooting of 11 Jews attending Tree of Life congregation for Shabbat morning services in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, there has been an outpouring of kindness and support from other faith and ethnic communities. In San Rafael, solidarity came in the form of 1,000 students from Venetia Valley, a K-8 public school with…
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Opinion
Philanthropy
Aligning end-of-year giving with your values
December is right around the corner. That means your inbox and your mailbox will soon be filled with requests from nonprofit organizations. Poverty, civil…
Local Voice
I’ll take 20 Mennonites over one armed guard
Last Friday night, Nov. 2, was our first Shabbat service since the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. In response to the attack, the…
Local Voice
No community is alone in its struggle
On my way into synagogue, a member of my congregation remarked to me: “After seeing that Temple Beth Abraham was a polling place, I was so very proud…
Local Voice
Why Jews no longer feel safe in America
My local newspaper ran a column by Dana Milbank in the aftermath of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in which the Washington Post columnist laid much of…
Local Voice
Why so many non-Jewish leaders showed up in our hour of need
Dozens of interfaith vigils were held in communities and on college campuses around the country to mourn the 11 Jews murdered at Shabbat services in…
Local Voice
After Pittsburgh, considering Jews of color
In the days after the heartbreaking news of the 11 Jewish community members murdered in Pittsburgh, my work email and Facebook message boxes filled with…
Local Voice
No, Pittsburgh is not at all like Gaza
Israel’s Education Minister, Naftali Bennett, flew to Pittsburgh to tell its grieving Jews that their struggle was the same as Israel’s conflict with…
Letters
‘I no longer will remain quiet’; Trump is to blame; our print redesign is ‘gimmicky’
Taking care of our own I read the Oct. 16 article in J. about Gregory Janz’s funeral (“What happens when a Jew dies in poverty?“) and…