D’var Torah: On Working With Difficulty
By Rabbi Josh Jacobs-Velde
One of my favorite readings for the High Holy Days, one that we have shared for multiple years at our synagogue,...
Editorial: Abbas’ New Ra’am Party
The Ra’am Party is not an obvious place to look for an experiment in Jewish-Arab political partnership. The United Arab List grew out of...
Editorial: Choosing Party Over Principle
Every election, we are told, is too important for principle.
That is essentially the argument Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently presented to Jewish Democrats...
Editorial: The Rebbes Go to Washington
An extraordinary procession of Hasidic rebbes and Orthodox leaders descended upon the White House last week, some arriving by private jet, for what was...
Editorial: What’s Happening to Shas?
Something consequential is happening to Shas, the Sephardi ultra-Orthodox party that has been a pillar of Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and, for decades, one...
Letters to the Editor: Sept. 10
Can Our Democracy Survive the Challenge?
The op-ed by David Butler “When Technology Outpaces Democracy” (Aug. 20) represents an important appeal to the American electorate...
Opinion: At 129, the Zionist Congress Still Calls Us to Action
By Mark Levenson
In 1897, more than 200 Jewish delegates from 17 countries (including five Americans) gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for three days—from Aug. 29...
Opinion: For Jewish Charities, a Chance to Serve Without Leaving Faith at the Door
By David J. Benger
Picture two soup kitchens on the same block. Both feed the same hungry neighbors. Both take federal money. The secular one...
Opinion: The Stranger Among Us
By David J. Butler
As we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the High Holy Days invite us to take stock of ourselves. We think about the...
Opinion: The Israeli Opposition’s Only Way to Win
By Amit Segal
Put it this way, and it sounds very close indeed: the election is next month. Its outcome will largely be decided this...