“If antisemitism is a fact, then what can we do about it?,” Rabbi Diana Fresko writes. “Historically, there are three options: Stay and fight, leave and rebuild, or do nothing.”
- Being JewishTime for a Reassessment Among Jewish Americans
“If antisemitism is a fact, then what can we do about it?,” Rabbi Diana Fresko writes. “Historically, there are three options: Stay and fight, leave
Being JewishIsrael’s Other Secret WeaponIsrael’s secret weapon, Golda Meir once said, is that “we have no place else to go.” But there’s another tool in our arsenal: community.
Israel’s secret weapon, Golda Meir once said, is that “we have no place else to go.” But there’s another tool in our arsenal: community.
Democracy, Judaism and WarAmerican democracy originated in the Torah’s egalitarian nature and just aspirations.Divining Momentsby Elie WieselAs the famous author and scholar lay in his hospital bed recuperating from surgery, questions of God and His place in the bad as well as the goodField, and Chant, of DreamsIn the fall of 1972, when I was starting the third grade, I moved to London with my parents and my brothers for my father’s“Control” Alternating with “Delete”Lisa Samick was 35 when she watched her younger sister, a new mother, die of metastatic breast cancer. Judah Schiller was 35 when he wasContinuity and RebellionWe all know that Father’s Day is a secular American holiday, invented as a way of honoring fathers as a complement to Mother’s Day. SometimesTelling the Story, and Eating Itby Erica BrownIn medieval Haggadot, it was not unusual to find an illustration of maror—the bitter herb on the Seder plate—in a woman’s form. In the partner,Commentary: No Zero in Survivalby Haim ChertokThe angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time…and said…I will bestow my blessing upon you and make your descendents as numerous asFamily Matters: Watershedby Amy KleinAs the mikve lady picked loose, wet hairs off my back, I shivered, standing naked and barefoot on the cold floor tiles. Satisfied I was spotless, she