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In synagogue, listening for gunfire instead of God
By
Sean Goldman-Hunt
Halle, Poway, Pittsburgh: These attacks force us to turn synagogues into fortresses and corrupt our bonds to each other
Naomi Henkel-Guembel
I was in the Halle synagogue
All we wanted was a day of introspection and a sense of community; instead, we faced the kind of darkness that has shaken my faith
Dana Regev
For the German far-right, the ‘real problem’ is the Jews
I’m an Israeli journalist in Germany; the Halle synagogue shooting didn’t surprise me
Aliza Becker
At Bard, hurt feelings sidetrack a crucial conversation
What was most needed at the Hannah Arendt Center’s anti-Semitism conference was for Jews to stay and keep talking to each other
James R. Russell
Genocide in Kurdistan: If I could, I’d fight alongside them
As tens of thousands of Kurdish families flee their burning homes, world leaders do nothing and America lets down an ally once again
Would a race change for Marvel’s Jewish Magneto be anti-Semitic?
By
Thomas Brown
Some fans are outraged that the X-Men villain with a Holocaust survivor backstory may become a black man. They have a point
David Sedley
Rainmakers
In an age of confusion, big business exploits pseudo-science for its own agenda, and humanity needs the reminder that we depend on the majesty of nature (Haazinu)
Leah Aharoni
Social media thought police ain’t got nothin’ on the real thing
In our free society, everyone should feel free to say what they think — even if it makes you uncomfortable
Adara Peskin
The great Sukkot adventures of my childhood
No sukkah roofing that I’ve seen in Israel comes close to the reeds, cattails, and bulrushes that we’d harvest in the middle of nowhere and drag home in my mother’s hatchback
PHOTO ESSAY: Sukkot is coming and Jerusalem is getting ready
By
Tzipora Lifchitz
The bustling, hectic market is also careful, introspective and focused, as Jews of every sect, gender, and age inspect their holiday purchases
Lance Strate
Of impeachments past and future
If Nixon and Clinton bear out the truth that history repeats its tragedies with farces, what will Trump’s impeachment yield?
Top Ops
Henry Greenspan
The nuance industry invades Syria
Above the blather, one fact remains: Trump made a profound, impulsive blunder that unleashed the forces of hell on the Kurds
Allen S. Maller
Hajj Sukkot and a vision of Near East peace
Yes, the Arabic ’hajj’ is the Hebrew ’chag’ and both refer to pilgrimage, a practice shared by Judaism and Islam
Ruthi Soudack
A conch, a didgeridoo, and my shofar at a dance retreat for peace
I joined the Dances of Universal Peace last year, and relish how interpersonal barriers and political stereotypes dissolve like magic
Avinoam Bar-Yosef
WATCH: Israel, the most tolerant nation ever
Jewish Israeli or Israeli Jew? What it means to be a secular Israeli Jew with so much Judaism in the national culture
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