I want to thank all of the members of your staff who made last night's Unsung Heroes presentation so memorable. I went to honor my friend Cathy Lander-Goldberg, but I also was inspired by the great community service of every Unsung Hero. Anyone who...

A few days before Thanksgiving I was scrolling through Facebook and saw one of those “suggested for you” posts from an organization called Call to Activism. Although I was unfamiliar with the group, I was struck by the content of its message. It...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. During a recent concert of Latin American music in Los Angeles, one featured singer walked on stage wearing a kaffiyeh,...

In this week’s Torah portion, Toldot, we read of yet another set of biblical siblings who are opposites and rivals. Because of its economy of writing, the Torah seems to focus on plot-driving, sibling strife, but every time that I read Genesis, I find...

Our Israeli brothers and sisters are under attack. So many lives have been taken. Families are bereft. So many are suffering the horrors of captivity. The depth of the evil perpetrators is unthinkable. In the midst of our pain as a People and as a Nation,...

Over a month has passed since Hamas’s heinous terrorist attacks, shocking the world and leaving a gaping wound in Israeli society and the global Jewish community.  What began as a horrifying massacre of 1,400 children, parents and families and some...

DRAGUIGNAN, France — In 1982, I followed lead tanks into Lebanon and first saw Israel’s approach to Palestinian militants who dig in – and under – refugee camps, hospitals or densely populated neighborhoods: blast away at a...

We bring down a clue from the Zohar, classic text of Jewish mysticism, that there was something chaser (missing) in Abraham’s generation that we are still struggling with, those of us who are its inheritors. The clues are everywhere written, and not...

Like many Jews, I am watching with a mixture of horror and grave concern as college campuses around the United States convulse with anti-Israel demonstrations and, in many cases, overt antisemitism and vocal support for terrorism. More, as a university...

Wherever we look, whether at our synagogues, schools or a host of other communal organizations, it is easy to notice the decline of many of our local Jewish institutions. To be sure, this is something that is taking place all across the United States. We...