This New Year, as most Jews enter sanctuaries with the push of a button, let’s travel there fueled by clean, pure, renewable Jewish energy.

Both Thanksgiving and Hanukkah are, in fact, holidays about tension between cultures. Both offer opportunities to celebrate our Americanness as well as our ethnic distinctiveness.

We have to remind ourselves—and some men of a previous generation—that the world has changed. Sexist jokes are out and men should be careful about touching women.

My choice to make aliyah came from a strong sense of responsibility for the Jewish people, a pull to keep on writing the Jewish story toward justice.

Moving forward, Bassin is convinced that engagement, not separation, is the only way to create a lasting peace between Israel and her Arab neighbors.

In Israel and the United States, the greatest threat Jews face is the tendency to create divisions and look at brothers and sisters as others.

With a new president sworn in on January 20, the Bible calls to us with clarity and urgency, reminding us of our nation's core values.

“Let there be light!” resounds as we add a candle each night of Hanukkah to increase the light on our menorahs—and in the world.