The diversity experiment failed.
Let me explain.
A couple years ago, I started having coffee two days a week at a local coffee shop with a few guys who, with one exception, I did not know.
I had just retired from teaching at the University of...
Dear Miss Manners,
I saw recently that columnist Jen Rubin was next in the long line of brilliant journalists who have left the Washington Post and then on Tuesday, Jan. 22, she was followed by Philip Rucker, WaPo’s renowned national editor. I fear...
Embrace our Judaism
In response to the question asked by the article “Can science finally stop antisemitism?” (online, Jan. 6), the answer is of course, No. Trying to educate people out of their hostility to Jews will never work, it cannot work....
A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hamas. The accord’s first stage called for the phased release of 33 hostages — alive or dead — over a period of 42 days.
Initially, three young Israeli women were released on Sunday. Since...
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The resilience...
RABBI ELIZABETH HERSH
• Published January 15, 2025
Shmot is a portion of opposites. It begins with the names of Jacob’s sons who traveled to Egypt. The 11 brothers are listed by name. Furthermore, we read that the number of souls who made this journey totaled 70. Memory is crucial to the Jewish people....
Rami Chris Robbins, JNS
• Published January 9, 2025
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The last few weeks have not been good for the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)....
Readers respond to recent d’var Torah
Rabbi James Bennett’s recent commentary (“Can we change history by thinking before we speak or act,” Dec. 18 edition) is an important conversation-starter about the limits of Jewish communal discourse. I...
The Jewish Light does a grave disservice to its readers by publishing editorials like that of Moshe Phillips on January 3.
The editorial claims that “The war in Gaza resembles a police operation . . . security forces are going house to house, hunting...
The question of whether American Jews should criticize Israel goes beyond free speech or peace in the Middle East. It centers on the real-life consequences Israelis face, especially during conflicts like the war in Gaza. Left-wing Diaspora criticism often...
The holiday season is about to kick into high gear. This year we’ve got Hanukkah and Christmas on the same day, followed a week later by New Year’s Eve.
That’s a lot of celebrating, eating and drinking interspersed with gift giving, gift receiving...
I will put off a postmortem of the 2024 presidential election until another time, after a decent interval for reflection. Instead, I devote this op-ed to something I have had plenty of time to reflect on, namely identifying the 10 most important events...
