Op-Ed: Tu b’Shvat and the case for eco-Zionism
By Shaul Goldstein JERUSALEM (JTA) – The rabbinic tract Midrash Kohelet Raba tells us that when G-d created Adam, He took him to see each…
Holiday Columns
On Tu b’Shvat, seeds of growth and change
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — For the last three years, I’ve celebrated Tu b’Shvat — the Jewish New Year of the Trees — by…
Russian-Israelis embrace tinsel, trees and Santa Claus — but don’t call it Christmas
By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — Every December Elana Snitman’s family gathers at her home, where they decorate a fake pine tree with ornaments, placing gifts…
Rabbi Daniel Friedman: Mourning Terror in Israel and France
by Rabbi Daniel Friedman (Edmonton) – The recent attacks in Paris were ferocious. We join the world in mourning the loss of life and praying…
Rabbi Kliel Rose: Be a Light Among Nations
by Rabbi Kliel Rose (Edmonton) – Shalom u’v’racha! Let’s put things into proper perspective here, there are (from the writing of this article) only twelve…