Stan Lee gave comic books permission to be more Jewish
by Arie Kaplan (JTA) — When Stan Lee died on Nov. 12 at 95, he left behind a vast legacy. Between 1961 and 1969, his…
Opinion
Anxious? Angry? Here’s Why We Have to Keep Going.
By Melissa Cohen (Kveller via JTA) – “I’m so scared for your synagogue,” my (non-Jewish) mother said to me as we were driving the other…
Yes, anti-Semitism is a problem again. No, it is not 1939.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — My father, whose own father changed his unpronounceable last name to Carroll when he came to America, would often tell…
Op/Ed: With time running out, we must engage with Holocaust survivors
By Julius Berman (JTA) — There are over 400,000 Jewish Holocaust survivors worldwide, but the survivor population is rapidly diminishing. As we prepare to celebrate…
Op/Ed: Too few Jews, Pew! Where are the ‘secular maximalists’? The Sunday brunchers?
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — The Pew Research Center’s new typology of religion puts Americans into seven broad categories ranging from Sunday Stalwarts (“active in…