You have no idea what can come from a little gratitude
By Rabbi Sunny Schnitzer
Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Va’etchanan: Deuteronomy 3:23 - 7:11.
Our Torah portion this week contains an admonition: “Take careful...
I helped organize the rally against antisemitism. It wasn’t perfect, but it was necessary.
By Elisha Wiesel
When Nazi tanks surrounded Warsaw, my father related in a rare moment of frustration, the Jews were in shul arguing over who...
Enough with the ‘ex-Orthodox’ drama. Those who leave can learn to separate dysfunction from...
By Allison Josephs
Last month, Pixar released “Luca,” the animated tale of a sea monster who becomes a boy on dry land. The protagonist must...
Letters | July 21, 2021
Is critical race theory good for the Jews?
I agree with Henry Abramson that legislation to “impose restrictions on the teaching of history” is misguided...
Shrink the conflict
Let’s be clear: Israel is not an apartheid state. And Israel is not committing genocide on the Palestinians. Nonetheless, a recent survey commissioned by...
Vaccines save lives.
We have come a very long way in the 17 months since COVID took over our lives. We have moved from fear, confusion, isolation,...
Moses’ farewell rebuke
By Rabbi Lizz Goldstein
Special to WJW
This week’s Torah portion is Devarim,
Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22.
We are blessed to have summer camps open again, blessed for the...
Banning critical race theory will gut the teaching of Jewish history
By Henry Abramson
Anyone teaching the past by skipping over the unpleasant parts isn’t teaching history. They are engaged in propaganda.
Jewish tradition understands this: Refusing...
Redefining contemporary hate
By Steven Windmueller
We are in a new era of antisemitism. Multiple expressions of hate have converged to create a different and more dangerous scenario....
The left needs to face the complicated facts about Israel
By Michal Cohen
There is a phenomenon on the left to simplify the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to view it through an American lens. Israel’s very existence...
