(JTA) — This is not a drill. This is a disaster.
In my 28 years of working with Jews in Ukraine, Russia and the surrounding region, I have not seen a humanitarian crisis of this magnitude, and I have never been so scared for the women of Ukraine.
The...
The late Rabbi Bernard Lipnick kept a plaque on his desk that read, “No One of us is smarter than All of us.”
In this week’s Torah reading we hear about the final stages in the construction of the portable sanctuary known as the Mishkan or the...
(JTA) — The first time I recall hearing someone describe a relationship akin to that between Eastern European Jews and the former Pale of Settlement was when my late African-American uncle spoke of Mississippi.
Many immigrant groups in America...
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published February 28, 2022
The above headline is an obvious play on President John F. Kennedy’s historic speech in front of the Berlin Wall: “Ich bin Ein Berliner”—“I am a Berliner!” The horrific unprovoked war on the innocent people of Ukraine perpetrated by Russian...
BY BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE
• Published February 28, 2022
Aging is a challenge as we all know. However, it no longer means having to sit home alone, in a rocking chair on the porch or waiting for the phone to ring.
As aging boomers, whether healthy or not, let’s try to spend our time doing what we can and...
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
• Published February 28, 2022
(JTA) — In launching his war on Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared his goal was the “denazification” of the country – referring specifically to his allegations that Ukraine is responsible for or planning a “genocide” of Russian-speakers...
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, The Forward
• Published February 26, 2022
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In 1911, my grandpa Jake was born in the small Hungarian village of Torun in the Carpathian Mountains....
(JTA) — I was born in Kyiv. I shy away from calling myself Ukrainian because at the time it was the USSR. And as Jews who eventually fled as refugees, my family didn’t have any ethnonational attachments to the place. Still, it’s where I...
RABBI CARNIE SHALOM ROSE
• Published February 24, 2022
Shalom Chaverim!
This year, we have something of an anomaly on the Jewish calendar. In most years, the Torah portions of Vayakhel and Pekudei are read in tandem with one another; meaning that we have a double selection chanted in our Synagogues...
Luke Moon, The Forward
• Published February 24, 2022
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At our table, we savored the plates of hummus, pita and shakshuka. It brought back wonderful memories...
DR. RICHARD LAZAROFF
• Published February 23, 2022
As a pediatrician, I often was asked whether it is harder to raise children now than in the past. I think most people assume I quickly responded yes.
Surely it seems like the times have never been more dangerous and complex: Social media and the pressure...
It's funny how the world changes you and your community. Thirty-six months ago, I would have said media literacy or student press rights were the most significant issue facing scholastic journalism. However, in our new reality, the most critical...
