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In Iran, I was taught to hate Israel and Jews. Then I watched Schindler’s List.
By
Omid Safari
Spielberg’s movie undid decades of lies, inspired me to visit Auschwitz, and taught me that the truth will always, eventually, come to light
Donniel Hartman
He finally called
Why did President Biden wait so long before picking up the phone? Doesn’t he love us? Doesn’t he know how important we are to America, to the world?
Todd L. Pittinsky
Hitler this, Hitler that.
Holocaust analogies for political ’others’ are useless tools of persuasion. It’s time to stop using them and all just call each other wrong
Moriah Richman
The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism derails our fight against it on campus
Codifying this anti-Semitism definition is divisive, just when we must unite, among ourselves and with our allies, against acts of hate
Naomi Chazan
Surprised by the ICC decision? You shouldn’t be
If Israel doesn’t want to be lambasted on the international stage, it should stop doing the very things for which it is being criticized
Stop saying ’she wears pants.’ Just…stop.
By
Noah E Abramowitz
It is absurd to talk about a woman’s wardrobe as if this was a modest conversation – as if we men are slaves to our evil inclination
Tanya Hoshovsky
Guess what? St. Valentine didn’t kill the Jews
My teacher lied about Valentine’s Day to steer us away from the secular world; I think she went way too far
Facing another school reopening
By
Rachel M. Roth
Requiring (and enforcing!) masks and distancing would protect our children in school, so why are we either sending them back unprotected or keeping them home day after day?
Ethan Eisen
Day 20: Why are we still not allowed back in Israel?
We’re vaccinated citizens willing to get coronavirus tests and isolate. Why can’t we come back home while hundreds of foreign athletes are invited in?
Shifra Dukes Livne
Israel’s quarantine hotels gone wrong
Meet some of the law-abiding Israeli citizens who are suffering the human rights violation of being locked up in a controlled facility against their will
Ashira Konigsburg
A viable future for Conservative Judaism
Our synagogues and other institutions must embrace transformation in order to survive, and we must start by engaging Jews wherever they are
6 ways Jews can help Black economic development after the pandemic
By
Ed Gaskin
For true racial equality and inclusion, we must address economic disparity – and to do that, we should listen to the wisdom of Maimonides
Aron Heller
Israel’s last chance to fix its ultra-Orthodox problem
The country’s great Faustian bargain with Haredi citizens has been a colossal failure. The upcoming election may be the last chance to fix it.
Mark Cohn
Bearing Bruce Springsteen’s cross
Context is everything and the rockstar didn’t intend to exclude non-Christians from a sermon that was meant, after all, to bring us together
Marianne Novak
Hiring! Female Orthodox clergy who are younger than a certain age
Capping the age of women applying for rabbinical roles is short-sighted: it blocks the talent and wisdom earned over time, and ignores the community’s real needs
Top Ops
Zack Rothbart
(Re-)Discovering Zionism in pre-Communist China
A 1920 letter from the ’father of the Chinese nation,’ highlights the warm ties between Chinese leaders and Jewish communities near and far
Yosef Blau
The Religious Zionist party and the significance of a name
The new party and its priorities make it clear that the religious Zionism of over 100 years remains relevant in religious terms, but not in political ones
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Is the Jewish deli the new synagogue?
Engaging with food is a huge part of Jewish identity — from it we capture nostalgia, maintain community and share stories
Shmuly Yanklowitz
Support for the Adoption Tax Credit is a Jewish imperative
Contact your reps to support this bill enabling families to give vulnerable children safe homes and repairing a society drowning in fear and selfishness
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