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In my last op-ed, I invited liberal readers to meet me and other conservatives halfway and see if we could not only agree to disagree in a respectful fashion but also see if we could even forge some degree of agreement among our disagreements. That is,...
(JTA) — Here’s the advice from a top publishing executive in Germany to employees who complained about his decision to fly the Israeli flag on the business’ headquarters: Find another place to work.
“I think, and I’m being very frank with...
(JTA) — To everything there is a season. June is Pride season, one where LGBTQ people proudly refuse to choose between our identities and our demand for the freedom to live equally and without fear.
A Wider Bridge, which builds meaningful relationships...
Over the last year, no fewer than five young people came out publicly as LGBTQ at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, a pluralistic synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Even Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann, SAJ’s spiritual leader and...
After more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic and masking and not being able to tell whether people are smiling or ready to bite your ear off like Mike Tyson, we could all use a laugh.
And who better to help make that happen than Jewish stand-up...
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• June 21, 2021
King Nebuchadnezzar was a classic Old Testament villain. He ordered the destruction of the First Temple. He captured and imprisoned many Jews. And he hated the dulcimer.
The king didn’t take issue with the twangy sound of the instrument. He just...
(JTA) — Organizers of an event celebrating immigrant chefs in Philadelphia have removed an Israeli food truck from the lineup, citing “the concerns of community that we love and serve.”
But the bid to calm controversy by Eat Up the Borders, the...
(JTA) — Israel’s new prime minister is probably the first one who has stuck a wad of chewing gum to his head right before a public event.
Naftali Bennett, who took office this week, is the first prime minister in the country’s history to regularly...
This article originally appeared on Kveller.
If you’re in need of inspiration today, look no further than Orthodox mom of four Liba Yoffe, who is competing in the current season of “American Ninja Warrior.”
Yoffe, 35, is the apparently first...
(JTA) — After being blasted by critics for staying in the Israeli prime minister’s residence well over a week past his ousting from the role, Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to leave — in another three weeks.
He and his successor, Prime...
Lois N. Schrier, June 18, 2020
Beloved wife of Edward Richman and the late Jerome Schrier. Dear mother of Bruce (Larry Weitkemper) Schrier, Alan (Laurent Braun) Schrier, Ellen (Lanny) Schrier Dacus and the late Scott Schrier. Loving stepmother of...
