“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.
Family Matters: Where the Boys AreRobert Riemer, 16, went reluctantly to the first meeting of Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood at his synagogue. The program for ninth-grade boys at Larchmont TempleCommentary: CovenantHe is 8 days old. With his well-formed features and smooth bright face, he is a handsome little boy. He seems at peace with theCommentary: Old-TimersStarting work at the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem in 1973, fresh out of college, one of my first decisions was choosing my elective holiday.Family Matters: Extending an ArmWhen my husband was let go from his job with a nonprofit due to downsizing, we were filled with uncertainty and terror for the future.After September 11: A North Star Becomes MemoryThe Museum of Jewish Heritage. Photo courtesy of WikiCommons. “Look—there’s the museum!” That’s what one of us said every time the familiar building came intoMedicine: On the Move“Stressful?” asks a British colleague, who has just survived it. “There should be a government health warning about moving house!” She has a point. MovingMedicine: Natural BirthdaysIn Alabama 100 years ago, midwives wrapped a laboring woman in her husband’s shirt and cap, so his energy could help her with the birth.Today I Am a Directorby Ted MerwinIsaac Soloway may be a fairly typical Los Angeles Jewish teenager, but his bar mitzva was anything but the standard Jewish coming-of-age ritual. The event