The brave members of the Israel Defense Forces who rescued the besieged White Helmets of Syria rank with Israeli soldiers in numerous previous acts of valor by Israel’s armed forces. These include the fledgling IDF of Israel’s War of Independence,...
On July 19, the Israeli Nation-State bill passed as a basic law in Israel. The law establishes constitutional-level protections for the Jewish people and its culture in Israel, defining what it means to be a Jewish State. The Nation-State law is intended...
I have been accused by some readers of being terribly confused. I plead guilty. I am confused, increasingly so, by a culture that makes less and less sense with each passing week.Perhaps someone can help me understand the following:• When Donald Trump...
Predicting Supreme Court Justices I respectfully dissent from Robert Cohn’s “historical perspective” that “Predicting new Supreme Court justice’s rulings is uncertain art,” in the July 4 edition. We now know that Brett Kavanaugh is Donald...
As far as much of the American public is concerned, the timing for President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t be worse. The indictments of 12 Russian military intelligence officers on Friday renewed the calls for...
NEW YORK — This year, liberal Jews should lean in to Tisha B’Av. Among other things, the ninth of the month of Av is a crash course in Jewish history. During the 24-hour fast, which begins this year on Saturday night, we mourn the destruction of the...
Ann and I recently checked off a big bucket list item. Several years ago, we realized that we had visited 48 states together. We were only missing Hawaii and Idaho and put both on our bucket list. We immediately made plans to visit the islands...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — There are many problems with the Nationality Law nearing passage as the Knesset wraps up its summer session on Sunday, not the least of which is that there is no reason for it. No Israelis challenge the Jewishness of the state, thus...
I don’t know what Donald Trump’s campaign marketing slogan, Make America Great Again, means, if anything.But I am certain of one thing: There will be no greatness of any kind for a United States of America that uses child abuse as a tool of immigration...
By Rabbi Susan Talve and Rabbi Doug Alpert
• Published July 12, 2018
As rabbis in our respective Missouri cities we see our shared struggles against injustice as central to both living out our Jewish values, and being exemplars of those values for our congregants and Jewish communities. Amongst those Jewish values we...
By Debra Newman Kamin and Alisa Pomerantz-Boro, JTA
• Published July 12, 2018
As the Jewish world this year marks Israel’s 70th anniversary, we recall that two years before Israel’s independence, a momentous change came in the Conservative movement: Its then new prayer book, known as the Silverman siddur, no longer contained...
Film about Holocaust survivor inspires hope “Big Sonia” is remarkable, inspiring and a great opportunity to bring about change in our community. We have a unique opportunity to experience the power of optimism and determination and be inspired...
