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Ukraine crisis sharpens Israel’s existential need for conversion reform
By
Efraim Halevy
The state’s survival depends on solidifying its Jewish majority, and only the Knesset, not the Chief Rabbinate, has the authority to set conversion policy
Audrey Levitin
With its dress-up, drinking, and dark story, Purim was never my holiday. Until now
An unlikely hero takes a brave stand against tyranny and suddenly the holiday’s themes and message of heroism come alive for me
Sam Lehman-Wilzig
Legitimizing a Jewish travesty: Why Megillat Esther is in the Bible
The sages had specific reasons for wanting the Purim story in the canon, not the least of which was its emphasis on Esther’s cunning in saving the Jews
Much of the world is ambivalent about the Ukraine war. Rightly so.
By
Radha Stirling
There is a distinct sentiment across Asia, Africa and the Arab world that Europe is throwing itself into a disaster and that the international order itself is crumbling
Susan Weiss
5 misconceptions about Jewish law’s chained women
To begin with, get-refusal is not just the fault of few bad men
Putin has zombified my kind, good friends back in Russia
By
Vitaliy Katsenelson
This isn’t the first time Russia has trusted an evil, leader. With ironclad control of media, Putin wants Russians to forget their history so he can repeat it.
Steven Greenberg
Purim as a Jewish ’National Coming Out Day’
The Esther story celebrates the outing of nearly every one of its characters, assuring LGBTQ youth that the Jewish tradition recognizes their experience
Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll
The Ten Commandments of Get-Refusal
3 NGOs in 3 countries are standardizing communal practices around Jewish divorce to protect women and men from the halachic system’s failures
The first bat mitzvah: No thunder sounded. Or did it?
By
Sharon Ann Musher
Consider the courage it took 100 years ago for Mordecai Kaplan’s daughter to leave the comfort of the women’s section and chant the Torah blessings
Top Ops
Jonathan A. Greenblatt
We need a coalition of moral courage to oppose Iran’s fascism
The JCPOA is not enough to manage Tehran’s aggression – a Helsinki-style multi-lateral process is needed to stand against terror and for human rights
Haftam Yizhak-Heathwood
My heart breaks for Ukraine — and for Ethiopian Jews unable to get to Israel
White refugees are being welcomed in Israel while Black refugees are kept out. There’s a racial imbalance in our response – even in my response – to tragedies
Jonathan Muskat
Is Putin like Haman or Achashverosh?
Until recently, most saw the Russian as a powerful leader with whom one could negotiate in goodwill. Now, however, he will not be appeased
Helen Gottstein
Esther, power and voice
We admire the megillah’s heroine for her strategy, her community organizing, her bravery, her success with the king… but we should learn from her failure
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