Miriam Friedman Morris, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 11, 2023
This article first appeared in the Times Of Israel and is republished here with permission.
Living in peace in Israel has been a challenge since the beginning of the Jewish State. Our enemies try to wipe us off this earth Because We Are Jews! Our fight...
American K-12 education has reached new depths in terms of academic achievement. The signs are everywhere in plummeting proficiency scores across all subject areas.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress reports that just 13% and 20% of eighth-graders...
To the Jewish organizations that raised us:
We walked your halls in preschool, learned Hebrew in your classrooms, became b’nai mitzvah in your sanctuaries, and led your youth group boards. We were your campers and later, your counselors. We prayed...
By Ryan Snyder, Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published December 6, 2023
The day of Oct. 7th was one that did not play out how I expected. What started off as a normal day for me as Jewish high schooler was flipped on its head when I awoke to the news that Israel was under attack and at war. It took a while for me to assess...
I want to thank all of the members of your staff who made last night's Unsung Heroes presentation so memorable. I went to honor my friend Cathy Lander-Goldberg, but I also was inspired by the great community service of every Unsung Hero.
Anyone who...
A few days before Thanksgiving I was scrolling through Facebook and saw one of those “suggested for you” posts from an organization called Call to Activism. Although I was unfamiliar with the group, I was struck by the content of its message.
It...
Rob Eshman, The Forward
• Published November 15, 2023
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During a recent concert of Latin American music in Los Angeles, one featured singer walked on stage wearing a kaffiyeh,...
By Rabbi Ze’ev Smason
• Published November 9, 2023
Our Israeli brothers and sisters are under attack. So many lives have been taken. Families are bereft. So many are suffering the horrors of captivity. The depth of the evil perpetrators is unthinkable. In the midst of our pain as a People and as a Nation,...
By Rabbi Hershey Novack
• Published November 9, 2023
Over a month has passed since Hamas’s heinous terrorist attacks, shocking the world and leaving a gaping wound in Israeli society and the global Jewish community.
What began as a horrifying massacre of 1,400 children, parents and families and some...
Mort Rosenblum, Professor Emeritus of Journalism at the University of Arizona
• Published November 9, 2023
DRAGUIGNAN, France — In 1982, I followed lead tanks into Lebanon and first saw Israel’s approach to Palestinian militants who dig in – and under – refugee camps, hospitals or densely populated neighborhoods: blast away at a...
Like many Jews, I am watching with a mixture of horror and grave concern as college campuses around the United States convulse with anti-Israel demonstrations and, in many cases, overt antisemitism and vocal support for terrorism.
More, as a university...
Wherever we look, whether at our synagogues, schools or a host of other communal organizations, it is easy to notice the decline of many of our local Jewish institutions. To be sure, this is something that is taking place all across the United States.
We...
