Local Voice
Getting a close-up view of my son’s purpose-filled life in Israel
I spend a fair amount of time in Israel these days since my youngest son, Coby, moved there for good about five years ago. After going to college in the…
First Person
How we're coping at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh this Rosh Hashanah
Our sages teach us that “kol hatchalot kashot,” all beginnings are difficult. This phrase feels especially resonant this Rosh Hashanah. The man who blew…
First Person
A sailor remembers High Holidays in 1946 in Guantanamo, Cuba
J.’s cover story a few months ago about the Jews of Guantanamo, Cuba made me recall my own brief encounter with the Jewish community of Guantanamo City in…
Opinion
How we’re working to prevent another synagogue shooting
Nearly 11 months ago, amid an increase in hate crimes and anti-Semitic incidents, the Jewish community suffered the deadliest targeted attack on our…
Letters
Meat and cheese!?; Barbie Death Camp, for and against; High Holiday shrooms
Meat and cheese on the cover? Your Sept. 6 cover photo depicting “Jewish food,” showing a sandwich of meat and cheese, says all you need to know…
Religion
What we can learn from the Lubavitcher Rebbe about climate change
With refineries ablaze in Saudi Arabia, you might be forgiven if you forget that in the Amazon and Indonesia, forests are ablaze as well. Yet these two…
Editorial
In an Israel divided, a unity government is the best way forward
The voters in Israel have spoken. But what, exactly, did they say this week? Though the final tally is still up in the air, the two leading parties, Prime…
Opinion
Why doesn’t Birthright pay its non-Israeli trip leaders?
Taglit-Birthright is one of the most successful philanthropic projects in modern Jewish history. The result of decades of collaboration between donors and…
Local Voice
Sephardic and Mizrachi Jews deserve to be counted
When I first started my work at JIMENA: Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, an organization committed to advancing and protecting the…