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The Jewish case for freeing Britney
By
Sara Himeles
The Talmud has a vision for what a conservatorship system should look like, and Jamie Spears would not meet Judaism’s standards for a guardian
Hayim Leiter
I’d marry Artem Dolgopyat in an instant – even without the gold medal
He has a Jewish father, he threw his lot in with the Jewish state and people, he is a ’seed of Israel,’ and entitled by Jewish law to an easy pathway to conversion
Zack Rothbart
This Hebrew school teacher was the first world weightlifting champ
Strongman, educator, culture critic, civil society leader, journalist, publisher and historian. Edward Lawrence Levy was all of these and more
Questionable testimony in Holocaust doc is grist for deniers
By
George R. Mastroianni
The award-winning documentary ‘The Last Days’ was rereleased but there are serious doubts about the veracity of the recollections of a survivor featured in the film
Dan Perry
A plan for progress on Palestine
The least bad option requires a series of bold, unilateral measures by Israel and $100 billion in compensation. The price of doing nothing will be far higher
Avi Liberman
Show up
After a near-death accident, normal acts are scary, but so far I went on stage, drove a car and slept at home. Next step: get back to do comedy in Israel
Why we went to the UN Security Council about East Jerusalem
By
Yudith Oppenheimer
The evictions and demolitions have political and moral ramifications far beyond those of standard real-estate disputes and the government has failed its duty to intervene
Haviva Ner-David
Torah commands both love and vengeance: In Israel, we live that contradiction
What if instead of trying to repeat history, we are meant to correct it? The Jews were sovereign on this land twice already, and it did not end well.
Leah Solomon
We tell ourselves that our soldiers would not shoot for no reason
We must fight hatred of Jews as if there’s no oppression in this land, and we must fight the injustices of our own government and army as if there’s no antisemitism
Simone Biles embodies the Jewish value of preserving life
By
Hannah Pressman
Everyone expected a different kind of Olympic glory for this most skilled gymnast, but her prioritizing safety and well-being was more powerful than her tumbling
Sally Abrams
You can only be ‘one traveler,’ living one life
An old cabin, a lifelong friend, two places I can call home, and the poetry to put it in perspective – these have made all the difference
Kathryn Ruth Bloom
’We can’t help you, and you are going to die’
How could I tell the West African with beautiful handwriting and a full-blown case of AIDS that the anti-viral treatment he wanted was still in early research phases?
Remembering my great friend, Jackie Mason
By
Aliza Davidovit
What I liked most about him was that he didn’t hobnob with the upper crust; Jackie’s favorite hangouts were New York’s delis and diners
Top Ops
Joanne Palmer
Vaccinations, community, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Kudos to the mother who, during a terrifying pandemic, let an old woman ’rip open’ her children’s veins and stick them with ’the best sort of small-pox’
Leah Herzog
The holiness of complexity
It’s tempting to think religion is distinct from the physical world, but Moses taught that even rocks, water, and dirt are possible paths to meet the Divine
Sherwin Pomerantz
Is US support of Israel slipping?
Opposition to the foreign aid bill by Republicans and far-left Dems may be weaponized to support false claims of slippage in support from traditional Israel stalwarts
Rolene Marks
South African Israelis must lead the fight against the apartheid libel
Expats like me who marched for equal rights should be mobilized to stand up to the abhorrent BDS campaign to discredit – and destroy – Israel
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