Analysis
ADL call for Trump’s ouster is a watershed for American Jews
The Anti-Defamation League’s call for President Donald Trump to be removed from office is not likely to lead to that result. But it is nonetheless a…
Youth Voice
Students are key to fighting antisemitism in high schools
As a leader in my school and a Jewish Student Union liaison for the West Coast, I was contacted by multiple Jewish students who presented me with images…
Religion
Torah offers inspiration for drawing near, even in these times of separation
At this time of social isolation and fragmentation, whom do you need to draw closer to? Vayigash, one of last month’s Torah portions, brings us the…
Opinion
To truly heal as a nation, we must have a deep national reckoning
When it became clear that the Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, had just been elected the first Black senator from the state of…
Letters
Jews are not white supremacists; Congrats to J. on 125 years; etc.
Keep Feinstein Elementary We might be entering the “Reign of Terror” phase of the BLM and Intersectionality movements, as a volunteer-appointed group, the…
First Person
The prayer for the government comes alive
I remember many years ago feeling ambivalent about the prayer for the government recited in synagogues every Shabbat morning. Were we sanctifying the…
Editorial
After a dark year, looking forward to a time of hope
With 2020 now officially in the history books, wouldn’t it be lovely if last year’s awfulness were behind us? Sadly, it is not. Yet there is reason for…
First Person
Embracing the call to include non-male voices every time I teach Torah
Many of my fellow rabbinical students and friends are enthusiastic about a new strategy for elevating women’s voices in Torah study into the beit midrash…
Local Voice
I wouldn’t be who I am today without the UK’s late Rabbi Sacks
Recently I watched an online program of learning in memory of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, former chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the…