Camp forever
When my mother dropped me off for the first time at Herzl Camp in Webster, Wis., I was 9 years old and 1,200 miles...
A health scare and a teaching moment
By Rabbi Bruce Aft
I’m a sports- and fitness-minded 66 year old and this was going to be the day I broke my record for...
Finding light amid the pandemic
By Dava Schub
Special to WJW
Nine months into a global pandemic and somehow, during the darkest month of the year even under normal circumstances, we...
A new challenge to Jordan’s status on the Temple Mount
By Nadav Shragai
Fifty-one years have passed since the establishment in Rabat, Morocco, of one of the most hostile organizations toward Israel ever. One of...
How we’re making a bright Chanukah for quarantined Israelis with disabilities
By Elie Klein
After months on end of being socially distanced from one another, the coronavirus pandemic has derailed our longstanding tradition of togetherness, chipping...
Why we need the screen-free Chanukah challenge this year
By Corinne E. Yourman
Special to WJW
This fall, in the midst of a pandemic that has marked an uptick in our reliance on tech to...
My mom is Japanese and my dad is Jewish. Their love is not a...
By Hanah Bloom
I’m the daughter of a white, Jewish-American dad and a Japanese immigrant mom, and I grew up in Alabama.
As you can guess,...
There’s a hunger crisis in America. Jews must push our leaders to act.
By Abby J. Leibman
Last week, families around the country celebrated Thanksgiving amid a new and devastating reality. Eight months into the pandemic, we are...
The Supreme Court’s repeal of synagogue restrictions won’t change anything for Orthodox congregations like...
By Rabbi Yosie Levine
As the rabbi of a synagogue on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, I have been keeping a close eye on...
As a Holocaust scholar and child of survivors, I’m horrified that a bigot may...
By Eva Fogelman
The opposition is mounting to the prospect of Effi Eitam, a former far-right Israeli politician and general, becoming chair of Israel’s national...
