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No large High Holiday services this year. There, we’ve said it. Now what?
By
Jon Spira-Savett
At a time of year when our prayers ask ’Who will live and who will die?’ we would be demonstrating that we take responsibility for life and death
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Twenty seconds to safety
The fate of humanity is out of my hands right now, but my toddler is here and he is mine to protect, his joy to uphold
David Makovsky
and
Dennis Ross
On annexation, Netanyahu must choose a lasting legacy
With his last election likely behind him, the prime minister no longer needs to lean on the transactional politics of partisan campaign promises
Ilana Spitz Epstein
Dying alone
When you’re the community rabbi, you know you may have to bury the occasional 95-year-old stranger; what you don’t expect is your connection to him
Corona’s hidden reverberations for our mental health
By
Miriam Schler
Down the line, when we see cases of self-harm, addiction, crippling depression and even suicide, the coronavirus will not be blamed, but it will be the real culprit
Dan Cohen
Is it okay to still be scared?
Are we safe, or are we suffering from a moment of hubris that heralds much worse on the horizon?
Dov Chernichovsky
Israel is winning this COVID-19 war (for now) despite its healthcare
The danger is that this success will be attributed to a system in a dire need of reform
Oded Eran
and
Shimon Stein
Thus passes the glory of Europe
Former ambassadors to Germany, EU: The EU is failing to meet the ‘epochal challenge’ posed by the coronavirus, and cementing its irrelevance in the Mideast
Efraim Zuroff
Heiko Maas, you claim you entered politics ‘because of Auschwitz’
To Germany’s foreign minister: You helped prosecute Nazi war criminals yet you support an Iran that threatens to wipe out Israel
Michael Derek Tanju
From Darfur, on my own
I didn’t know about Israel until I arrived at its border as an unaccompanied minor. I knew only about hard times back home. I feel lucky to be in the Promised Land
Seth Farber
In Memoriam: Rabbi Nahum Rabinovitch
The religious Zionist luminary who championed conversion of Israeli children of Jewish heritage believed that every Jewish soul matters
Unsung heroes
By
David Sedley
No matter the circumstance, no matter when, the big names make the history books, but it is often the people whose names we barely know who keep us going (Acharei Mot/Kedoshim)
Top Ops
Sally Abrams
Awaiting the time when we can travel to Israel again
Who knows when is anybody’s guess, but when, after so much uncertainty and fear and isolation, I can finally make the trip, I will be glad to kiss the ground upon landing
Assaf Shapira
One state, two governments
In giving equal power to Likud and Blue and White, the coalition deal creates a political structure unprecedented in Israel or anywhere else
Shlomo Brody
Funeral homes are overwhelmed, but cremation isn’t the solution
Of course, no one wants their body to spread contagion; Jewish burial law goes a step further, aiming to bring honor to the deceased
Chaim Sukenik
Long-term online higher education is risky
Higher education is supposed to be a ticket to success; when we put college online, we make getting an education harder for those who need it most
Bethany S. Mandel
We’re all Jewish homeschoolers now. Let’s build on that.
Unlike the glut of resources for studying science, math and English, we sorely lack high-quality home learning materials for Judaism
Joe Hyman
My bar mitzvah parsha condemned my then-secret identity
At least the coronavirus epidemic is getting in the way of reading the Leviticus text that is hurtful to so many LGBTQ Jews
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