The overturning of ‘Roe’ threatened our religious rights. Trigger bans stripped us of them
By Rabbi Hara Person and Rabbi Kelly Levy
Indiana. Oklahoma. Tennessee. Texas. These are just a few of the states that have been most recently...
Judah Samet was a mensch well before he survived the Tree of...
Beth Kissileff | JTA
It is rare that one can say attending a funeral was an uplifting experience. Yet the funeral for Judah Samet —...
Surprised by Joy
Rabbi Raymond Apple
C.S. Lewis wrote a book about his early life titled “Surprised by Joy.” The name is from a sonnet by William Wordsworth...
Campus newspapers and the Cognitive war against Israel
Richard L. Cravatts
For at least two decades, university campuses have been roiled by anti-Israel activism, manifested by Israeli Apartheid Weeks, BDS resolutions rammed through...
Should Israel lead the fight against antisemitism?
Ben Cohen
The just-published Annual Assessment of the Jerusalem-based Jewish People Policy Institute makes for sobering reading when it comes to the section of antisemitism.
It’s...
Sometimes our grandchildren surprise us and show off their Judaism
Donna Harris
Trying to figure out what would bring my children and my grandchildren to a synagogue is challenging. After years of belonging to a...
The Abraham Accords face challenges ahead
Meir Ben-Shabbat | Israel Hayom via JNS
It is essential that we bolster and expand normalization, while preventing Iran from sabotaging it.
As we celebrate the...
The Yom Kippur War showed us that statecraft matters
Amnon Lord | Israel Hayom via JNS
Almost 50 years after the Yom Kippur War, we have yet to clear the fog surrounding the major...
After the rain comes…
Gaby Hilkowitz Rurka | Special to WJW
Añasco, Puerto Rico — There is a lot of emotional and psychological trauma in Puerto Rico. Much of...
American West should look to Israel for climate solutions
Alina Clough
The American West is learning climate lessons the hard way. This summer especially, droughts have required the federal government to settle disputes over...
