First Person
How my internship at a Jewish funeral home changed me
The first death in my family that I remember came when I was 15, in the fall of my sophomore year of high school. It came and went so fast that I never…
Music
Spotify’s Jewish music makes me feel like a kid again
When searching for songs for a playlist I was putting together for my kids on Spotify, I came across a tune — “Pana HaGeshem” (“The Rain has Gone Away”)…
First Person
I’m learning to speak the language of my people
I am the descendant of Ashkenazi Jews who ordered deli meats in Yiddish, davened in Hebrew and assimilated into English. Due to diasporic persecution and…
Letters
Dershowitz is canceled; Jewish activists are trouble; It’s the president, stupid; etc.
Security at our synagogues Gabe Stutman’s otherwise excellent article on the challenge of securing synagogues was marred by the cover page sub-headline,…
Opinion
Hamas has held hostage the bodies of 2 Israeli soldiers for 5 years. Enough is enough.
This week marks five years since Israeli soldier Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed by Hamas in the midst of a humanitarian cease-fire during Operation…
Editorial
Cowardly politicians allow terrorists to win
It would be tempting to hope that this time is different. With back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton last weekend, barely a week after the…
Opinion
Trump has tainted Israel on the left. But that doesn’t excuse Dems.
Despite his questionable record with the American Jewish community, it’s hard to argue that President Trump has been anything but fantastic when it comes…
Opinion
America's death lottery comes to Dayton
When Rabbi Karen Bodney-Halasz was invited to deliver a prayer at the Aug. 4 vigil on East Fifth Street in Dayton’s Oregon District — the site where nine…
Local Voice
J Street's Birthright alternative shows toll of occupation on both sides
The Passover seder ends with the quixotic wish “Next year in Jerusalem!” In my own diaspora community, this phrase has been tacked onto the end of each…