Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 17, 2022
On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate will have an opportunity to vote on the Freedom to Vote: John R Lewis Act following passage last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. Voting rights advocates around the country are pressing their senators to consider...
Stephen M. Flatow, JNS
• Published January 7, 2022
Hopefully, her declaration about the Palestinians will stimulate a serious conversation about the cruel occupation that the international community has been ignoring.
Carol Unger, For TC Jew Folk, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 7, 2022
This story originally was published by our partners at TCJewfolk.com
So, what’s the baby’s name?”
My friend breathed an anguished sigh and then mumbled something that sounded like Ren.
“Ren,” I repeated.
“W-r-e-n.” She spelled...
Bobbie Sackman, THE FORWARD
• Published December 29, 2021
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As a 21-year-old heading off to social work school, I watched my Bubby Jenny die within...
Doron Almog, The Forward
• Published December 22, 2021
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Life is a non-stop battle with disability and human frailty. Whether due to injury, illness,...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 22, 2021
Gary and Alana are the best friends who constantly flirt with the idea of being something more. Like a future couple having to get to know each other first in relationship customs, they are oddball personalities that somehow sync up every time they are...
JIM WINNERMAN, Special For Jewish Light
• Published December 16, 2021
When my wife and I attend an event where veterans are asked to stand to be recognized, she always nudges my arm prodding me to rise. Despite serving more than two years on active duty during the Vietnam War, I do not stand because of men like my college...
MARTY ROCHESTER , Special For The Jewish Light
• Published December 16, 2021
In previous columns, I have characterized our current political culture as insane. In November, I used the word “insanity” several times when being interviewed on Charlie Brennan’s show on KMOX radio. Why do I think such language is appropriate...
Meg Keene, The Forward
• Published December 15, 2021
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As told to Nora Berman; edited for length and clarity
The phone lit up with...
(Jewish Journal via JNS) I was 16 when I first visited Israel with my mother. She spent most of the trip coming between me and aggressive young Israeli men who thought it was cute when I said, “Shalom, korim li Tabby” (“Hi, I’m Tabby”) with...
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust.)
Maybe he didn’t mean it the way it sounded, but a U.S. Congressman this week insinuated...
Avi S. Olitzky and Beth Gendler, Special For the St. Louis Jewish Light
• Published December 2, 2021
On the third day of Hanukkah, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This is one of the most consequential lawsuits in decades concerning reproductive freedom, and the first case that the Supreme Court...
