The Yiddish Words I Missed After My Mother Died
By Belinda Brock (Kveller) – Several years after my mother died, I had a startling — yet so obvious — realization. Never again would I…
Opinion
Yom Ha’atzmaut: A good time for a positive rethink on Israel Advocacy
By Steve McDonald When speaking to Jewish audiences about advocacy, I often refer to my own background as a Jewish convert in making the point…
Op-ed: The lessons of Nuremberg: Stand up to hate, and remember hate’s victims
By Irwin Cotler MONTREAL (JTA) — Yom Hashoah arrives this year on the eve of two historic anniversaries: the 80th anniversary of the coming into…
Op-Ed: Can a united community still work miracles? Ask the Yemenite Jews.
By Steven B. Nasatir (JTA) — Passover is a time for family, for tradition, and for festive celebration. It’s also a time to fix a…
Op-Ed: It’s time to allow Conservative rabbis to officiate at interfaith weddings
By Seymour Rosenbloom ELKINS PARK, Pa. (JTA) — The Conservative movement’s leadership must drop its ban on Conservative rabbis officiating at interfaith weddings — before it’s too…