In my last op-ed, I invited liberal readers to meet me and other conservatives halfway and see if we could not only agree to disagree in a respectful fashion but also see if we could even forge some degree of agreement among our disagreements. That is,...
(JTA) — To everything there is a season. June is Pride season, one where LGBTQ people proudly refuse to choose between our identities and our demand for the freedom to live equally and without fear.
A Wider Bridge, which builds meaningful relationships...
DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published June 21, 2021
Who’s the bald, bearded guy with the loud voice and all these opinions?! It’s me, Dan Buffa. Many of you already know me as the sports and entertainment guide here at the Jewish Light -- so think of this new column as a way to get to know me even...
RABBI DOV GREENBERG, THE JEWISH NEWS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
• Published June 21, 2021
We all know Moses, the liberator, law giver, military hero, greatest of all prophets. We all know his brother Aaron, pursuer of peace, Israel’s first priest, ancestor of all Kohanim. We all know Miriam, their older sister, the prophetess and one of...
(JTA) — The COVID-19 epidemic proves you cannot just treat a plague’s symptoms – you must root it out. Yet as incidents of Jew-bullying in the U.S. more than doubled in May compared to the same time period in 2020, too many American Jews complained...
(JTA) — On March 13, nearly a year to the day after Temple Beth El of Charlotte, North Carolina, closed due to COVID-19, Rabbi Dusty Klass gathered the congregation’s 900 households for a shared — albeit remote — Jewish experience.
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This story originally appeared on TheForward.com
I had a friend from camp who loved Ferris Bueller and lived by the Tao of his maxim: “Life moves pretty fast if you don’t stop to look around once in a while.” The friend’s name was, funnily...
This story first appeared in Kveller.
Here at Kveller, we have absolutely been LOVING Mayim Bialik as the guest host of “Jeopardy!” — and it turns out, we’re not alone! After seeing the poise, professionality, and preparation of the Jewish...
The world moves so fast that what seemed groundbreaking just a week ago already feels like a distant memory.
Last Friday, I arrived back home after leading the first solidarity mission of Jewish leaders from North America to arrive in Israel following...
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Whether this week marks the last of Benjamin Netanyahu’s record-setting tenure as prime minister or is just a prelude to another never-count-him-out comeback, it seems a fitting moment to try to understand why he has...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 11, 2021
When it comes to general movie fans, Steven Spielberg's name brings out a few different film classics: "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," "Saving Private Ryan," and "Jurassic Park." Maybe a few others. But they often forget about gems such as "Catch Me...
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is known as a center of gentrification and a gathering place for the cool young hipsters of New York City. A short walk from the Lower East Side over the Williamsburg Bridge, it’s...
