Asking the important questions
By Jay Solomon (March 2020) – For centuries, Jews everywhere have gathered with family and friends around the Seder table to recount the story of…
Opinion
It could be easy to lose sense of time during the coronavirus pandemic. Jewish tradition has an antidote for that.
by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick (JTA) — Among the most enduring comforts of Jewish life are its endless patterns and repetitions — the seven-day rhythm of…
I’m not a doctor, but I am a rabbi. Here’s my spiritual prescription for the coronavirus.
by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz PHOENIX (JTA) — I am not a medical professional, an epidemiologist or an expert on pandemics. I leave the serious information…
A year ago, I went public with my #MeToo moment. Purim reminds me of all we haven’t learned.
by Sheila Katz WASHINGTON (JTA) — As we approach the Purim holiday, we also approach the one-year anniversary of my own going public about being sexually…
Monuments: We in Canada should know better
By Myrna Kostash (AJNews) – I snatched up the November issue of Edmonton Jewish News when I saw, above the fold, the bold headline, “YEG…