How does Archbishop Tutu stack up against Jewish values?
By Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
The reaction to the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Dec. 26 reveals a blind spot in the tributes in the...
In support of the daily minyan
By Saul Golubcow
On Thursday evenings at Congregation Beth El of Montgomery County, I serve as the minyan captain. When my father passed away in...
Jan. 6 must become an American Tishah B’Av
By Rabbi Sid Schwarz
The wisdom that a biblical text can impart always resides between the words in the scroll and the life and times...
The line between ‘Jew-curious’ and antisemitic
By Tami Sussman
Alma via JTA
My neighbor is obsessed with my Jewishness. Like, literally obsessed.
When I happen to arrive home while he’s entertaining guests...
AIPAC’s gamble
By Shuki Friedman
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel lobby in Washington, recently announced that it would no longer confine itself to...
Much ado about Jewish Currents
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Pro-Israel liberals took particular pleasure last month in mocking the latest evidence that Jews on the far left know no limits...
We’re in a shmittah year. US Jews need to talk more about student debt...
By Rabbi Emily Cohen
When I finished rabbinical school in 2018, I entered the “real world” with $40,000 in student loans. I acted fast, prioritizing...
When will we become an exemplary society?
By Doron Almog
Every year at the beginning of December comes “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” (Dec. 3), an awareness day created by the...
Is Eric Zemmour really a French ‘shande’?
By Gerard Leval
In its Dec. 16 editorial “A French shande,” Washington Jewish Week launched a full-frontal attack on Eric Zemmour, a right-of-center journalist who...
My Jewish ancestors owned slaves. That’s why I’m a rabbi for racial justice.
By Rabbi Barry H. Block
In “The Social Justice Torah Commentary,” Rabbi Brian Stoller describes a turtle-shaped dinner bell that his great-grandmother used to summon...
