In the past month, several thousand Central American immigrants, mostly from Honduras, have been walking across Mexico toward the United States, hoping to gain entry here. The question is whether we should grant them asylum as refugees fleeing poverty...
Was the reaction to the mass murders of Jews in Pittsburgh serious enough to alert others to growing anti-Semitism in our country?No. The reaction to this event and growing anti-Semitism is far from serious enough to unlearn the hate in many people, to...
In the aftermath of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, debate arose within the Jewish community. Was the non-Jewish response to this attack on a synagogue appropriate? Sufficient? Too little, too late? Was it just an apologists’ do-over for...
By Cathleen Kronemer
• Published November 23, 2018
You have finally achieved a healthy, clean meal plan to accompany your fit, active lifestyle. Now here come the holidays…are you prepared to celebrate mindfully? That treasured “most wonderful time of the year” is upon us. There is a distinct...
As the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency draws to a close — and most especially since last month’s heartbreaking murders of 11 Jewish people at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh — I must admit that I don’t know whether my president...
Letting your voice be heardIt’s no surprise that the Jewish community includes people across the political spectrum with different reactions to the midterm elections (“Jewish Democrats and Republicans offer dueling views of election results,” Jewish...
After a divisive and explosive process, President Donald Trump became the fourth president in a row to lose one or more houses of the United States Congress to the opposing party in the midterm elections. At this time, Democrats have gained 35 U.S. House...
Like all of you who heard the news, I was shocked by yesterday's horrific tragedy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where innocent community members who wanted to enjoy a peaceful Shabbat and celebrate a Jewish baby's birth were senselessly injured and murdered....
By Rabbi Seth D Gordon
• Published November 9, 2018
As a Jew and as an American, I am saddened and angry that 11 people attending Shabbat services at Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh were murdered. The loss is incalculable, as is the fear. The murderer also injured others, including several...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The outpouring of grief over last month’s massacre at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue has sparked a degree of counterintuitive hope. Just maybe, the eternal optimists among us believe, this will prove to be the watershed event...
When gunman Robert Bowers fired on the Tree of Life congregation late last month, he shook the whole tree, from the roots in Pittsburgh to the branches of Jewish communities across the world. At Washington University, Bowers struck close to the root—several...
Word came from 600 miles away, but it could not have felt closer to home. The horrifying news arrived while many here were still in shul. It sounded surreal and yet all too familiar.A shooter had invaded a place of worship, on Shabbat, shouting, “All...
