Biden’s 100 day speech
President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office last week with a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress. He spoke...
Confronting domestic abuse
During the past year, home has been a safe haven for most people. It was the comfortable refuge from the deadly pandemic, which predominantly...
Letters | May 5, 2021
Much to admire
Regarding “Holocaust museum honors Stuart Eizenstat” (April 29): Having known Stu since after his arrival for the Carter administration as a board...
My son was at the Mount Meron disaster
By Rabbi Robyn Frisch
On the evening of April 29, as I was just about to close my computer, I saw the news alert from...
What will it take for me to go back to synagogue?
By Gary Rosenblatt
When I was very young, what motivated me to go to shul on Shabbat morning was the fire station two houses away...
How to treat the ‘uncircumcised heart’
By Saul Golubcow
Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portions are Behar and Bechukotai, Leviticus 25:1-27:34.
Chapter upon chapter of Leviticus is about sacrifices to obtain God’s...
The gun problem
We face a mass shooting epidemic. And the cure is evasive.
The recent burst of mass killing is upsetting. But it has been relegated to...
Resounding bipartisan support for Israel
In today’s combative political climate, amid mounting concerns of partisan posturing, there are few things on which most Democrats and Republicans agree. But a...
Letters | April 28, 2021
McConnell is right on political speech
Just because corporations may have a right to voice their opinions, that doesn’t mean it is appropriate to do...
Does America’s Afghanistan pullout bode ill for Israel?
By Jonathan S. Tobin
It turns out that there are some things on which President Joe Biden and his predecessor agree.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed...