Debra Newman Kamin and Alisa Pomerantz-Boro
• Published July 6, 2018
(JTA) — 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...
I’m conflicted. On the one hand, I am hesitant to engage with you because a response would give your rhetoric a degree of legitimacy. On the other hand, your rhetoric is so presumptive and your intentions for participating on this trip are so disingenuous...
By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published July 5, 2018
NEW YORK — A few months ago I wrote a humor piece titled “Don’t eat off the seder plate, and other tips for non-Jews attending their first seder.” It drew a miffed response from a rabbi friend who often works with interfaith families and suggested...
Response to Rochester column on liberalismMartin Rochester’s June 20 column “Here’s why liberalism is not my cup of latte” is one of his many commentaries attacking liberalism. He gives passing criticism of Trump and conservatism before getting...
The resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy effective July 31 has set off a firestorm of speculation, rejoicing and hand-wringing among the senators who will have to confirm his successor.Republicans and other conservatives are popping...
Decades after it validated the shameful internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally overturned its ruling in the case of Korematsu v. United States.Sadly, though, that welcome move comes in the context of its...
(JTA) — At the annual convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in June 1934, the assembled religious leaders were confronted with questions that especially resonate for Americans in the Trump era: How should we approach those who oppose...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
• Published June 28, 2018
Charles Krauthammer would have been an inspirational figure even if he hadn’t become a writer and television commentator. The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who died on June 21 at the age of 68 laid low as a 22-year-old medical student when a pool...
For decades, Denmark’s heroic resistance to the Holocaust and its protection of its Jewish population have been held up as shining examples of bravery and backbone. When the Nazis invaded and occupied Denmark, King Christian was said to have put on...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Last week, I visited McAllen, Texas, with a group of clergy — including 10 rabbis — to bear witness to the situation on the border, where new policies are forcing the detention and separation of families and the refusal to hear...
I once wrote: “I have spent much of my adult life as a liberal. All the while, however, I sensed that, as I was aging, I was becoming more alienated from the left. It is not that I have abandoned liberalism. Rather, liberalism has abandoned me.”In...
What I’ve learned about Mr. Trump[Regarding Eric Mink’s June 6 commentary, “What we know about Trump after three years”] I write to suggest that Mink’s lesson be consigned, for the most part, to the list of his prior errors about President Donald...
