We need to step up our charitable giving during the pandemic
By Yvette Alt Miller
It’s been decades since I ordered food at a McDonald’s. I’ve kept kosher since I was 18 and, outside of Israel,...
Many Jews of color and diverse Jews are politically conservative — and...
By Mijal Bitton
After Joe Biden won the presidency, my liberal friends — mostly Ashkenazi Jews with deep roots in America — were aghast that...
Why is everything harder now than it was in March?
By Betsy Stone
Depending on how you count, we’re now in month eight of this endless trauma. I’ve been describing it as a bitter Napoleon...
Partisan actors are using Israel to divide Black and Jewish voters. Let’s not let...
By Yehuda Kurtzer
As a constituent and registered voter in New York’s 16th Congressional District in the Bronx, I worried when our primary election this...
On healing and whole stones
By Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky
Special to WJW
There are so many layers to a transition of power. The rabbis teach us that the reason we...
Anti-Semitism circa 1974 and in 2020
By Alan Ronkin
I was just a kid, only 7 or 8. I was walking home from school on a brisk fall day in my...
What I learned about teshuvah (and the internet) when I sat down with a...
By Rabbi Avram Mlotek
Before I met him, I saw Benjamin McDowell’s name in the news. Inspired by Dylann Roof, the notorious shooter responsible for...
Letters | Nov. 11, 2020
Rhymes with wiretap
I was so thrilled to see the article about Cliff Fishman in the Nov. 5 issue, lauding his literary talents (“Crime fighter...
I converted through Reform Judaism. Stop telling me I’m not a Jew.
By Jessy Kuehne
I’ll never forget the day I converted to Judaism. After years of studying, learning and teaching, I finally achieved the goal I’d...
Is there a way back from a broken political culture?
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Many Americans are anticipating a return to normalcy once the votes have been counted and the presidential election determined. For some,...
