Rabbi Mark Glickman: A plea for connection
by Rabbi Mark Glickman (Calgary) -“Rabbi, in my circles, Zionism is a bad word. What does the term Zionism mean to you?” The question came…
Opinion
The best Jewish books I read in 2023
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — When I spoke with novelist Elizabeth Graver in August about her novel “Kantika” — inspired by her own Turkish Jewish…
The pro-Israel case for a negotiated end to the war in Gaza
by Rabbi Jill Jacobs (JTA) — First thing every morning, I open Israeli news sites, dreading what I will see: more soldiers killed in action,…
My family history makes me too progressive for the Zionists and too Zionist for the progressives
by Steven Zeitchik (JTA) — The projectile landed when the kids were playing in the courtyard. Well, most of the kids. The 9-year-old was watching…
What is antisemitism? Scholars use the archives as a guide — and a warning
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Did a New York City coffee shop’s workers quit over the owner’s pro-Israel stance? Was the library at Cooper Union…