Should Jews Celebrate Valentine’s Day?
by Rabbi Mike Uram (My Jewish Learning) – There is nothing about the contemporary traditions of Valentine’s Day — cards, flowers, chocolate –that seems overtly religious. But…
Opinion
How Judaism helped me survive my divorce
by L.R. Book This article originally appeared on Kveller. My first and most important goal as I journeyed through the terrible process of divorce was to…
op/ed: Why the attempted attack on Islamberg should alarm Jews, too
by Ari Gordon (JTA) – Police in Rochester, New York, arrested four young men last month before they could commit a terror attack against the…
op/ed: Why Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism still matters
by Jonathon Stanton DEARBORN, Mich. (JTA) — On Jan. 31, we at the Dearborn Historical Commission adopted a resolution objecting to Mayor John O’Reilly’s refusal…
Right-wing killings eclipsed all other extremist-related murders in 2018. The numbers don’t lie.
by Jonathan A. Greenblatt NEW YORK (JTA) — Every year, extremism takes a deadly toll around the world. No region is immune — not the…