NEW YORK (JTA) — Few artifacts of the Holocaust move me like the yellow star. Homely and seemingly innocuous, they sit in museum cases either by themselves or still attached to a jacket or blouse, the stitching rough and the lettering surprisingly crude....
Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman
• Published August 29, 2017
Pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City, Oct. 6, 2014. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)For an alternative view, see Anne Herzberg’s op-ed, “Objections to Israel’s BDS law are overwrought and hypocritical.”MADISON, Wis. (JTA) — In March, the...
Gilad Erdan, left, Israel’s interior security minister, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 10, 2016. “No sane country would grant entry to central, pro-BDS figures who want to harm it and isolate...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published August 24, 2017
My husband and I just returned from our first trip to Israel, a two-week epic adventure punctuated by celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary at the Wall on Shabbat. I came away from the journey with a newfound sense of awareness, both spiritually...
In previous blog posts, I’ve had the opportunity to share examples of retirees who have succeeded in “Finding the Magic,” and in doing so have enhanced the satisfaction they derive from retirement. Following their example involves asking three...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 24, 2017
Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. So goes the familiar statement attributed to George Santayana. The events last week in Charlottesville, Va., were horrific. Violent neo-Nazis, white supremacists and their hateful allies,...
Six months ago in the face of the desecration of Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, we stood together with an array of religious and political leadership, including the Vice President, to “name it, condemn it, and do something about it.” In the aftermath...
White House career calling? Readers who had any doubt about Prof. J. Martin Rochester’s scholarly views of White House policies and direction should read his current column in the Jewish Light (Aug. 16, 2017). It should qualify him to be appointed...
By Robert A. Cohn and Dale Singer
• Published August 24, 2017
Comparing the lives and careers of Jerry Lewis and Dick Gregory, who both died this past weekend, is like taking a short trip from the days of the Borscht Belt comics to the more serious humor that made audiences chuckle but also made them reflect on...
Oh, my. The Jewish Light’s editorial page with its knee-jerk liberalism is always good for a laugh. But when it veers from inadvertent humor to overt mendacity, it does seem time to respond. Such was the case with a recent screed regarding the Charlottesville...
WHITE PINE, Tenn. (JTA) — The thing that truly pushed us over the top, that led us to undertake an epic 48-hour, 1,500-mile road trip at the height of the farming season, was The New York Times. The paper’s special section on the 2017 solar eclipse...
BARCELONA, Spain (JTA) — In the wake of the horrendous recent terrorist attack in my city, our chief rabbi declared that the Jewish community here is “doomed” and encouraged us to buy property in Israel. With all due respect to the rabbi, he is...
