Opinion Why calling God ‘they’ shouldn’t upset you I’m afraid my last column, which suggested that our preferred pronoun for God be “they,” upset some folks. Angry emojis outnumber happy ones 4-1 on the… By Mark Silk, RNS Oct 4, 2021
Letters We got story of Yom Rishon School wrong; Dogs and God; Etc. Yom Rishon story was wrong I was quite surprised to read your Sept. 17 article on Yom Rishon School in Los Altos. My child is in the photo used for the… By J. Readers Sep 30, 2021
Opinion Why our preferred pronoun for God should be ‘they’ Writing last week in The New York Times, linguistics professor John McWhorter waxed enthusiastic about the advent of “they” as our all-purpose… By Mark Silk, RNS Sep 29, 2021
Editorial Pitched debate on ethnic studies calls for perspective The two-year battle over California’s ethnic studies curriculum is approaching an inflection point as Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Oct. 10 to sign, or… By J. Editorial Board Sep 29, 2021
First Person Why I reversed the genders of every person in the Torah Five years ago, I started rewriting the Torah by reversing the genders of all characters. All of the men became women and all of the women became men.… By Yael Kanarek, Forward Sep 28, 2021
In Memoriam Remembering Eric Gattmann, an educator committed to justice Eric Gattmann, a Jewish and secular educator in the Bay Area, died on Sept. 14 in the peaceful embrace of his family. He was 96. From the 1950s until the… By Rabbi Lee Bycel Sep 28, 2021
First Person Researching homelessness changed my understanding of Sukkot Sukkot is one of the most beautiful and uplifting holidays on the Jewish calendar. As a young child, I was often taught that we leave our homes and spend… By Hannah Lebovits, Forward Sep 24, 2021
First Person When I became Jewishly woke I miss Simchat Torah — the unsocially distanced version. It is the only Jewish holiday that actually has the word simcha, joy, in it. I miss dancing with… By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, RNS Sep 23, 2021
Local Voice Round 2 of the ‘Ellis Island Jewish Name Game’ The recent JTA article by Andrew Silow-Carroll — “No one lost their Jewish last name at Ellis Island. But we gained a safe haven”) — is accurate, as far… By Peter Cohen Sep 23, 2021