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Editorial board
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Torah Reading With A Pointer Field wheat in period harvest on background sky
June 5, 2019, 2:22 pm
Tikkun Leil Shavuot should be template for more communal programming
Federation and JCC partnership laudable
By Editorial board
June 5, 2019, 9:07 am
The lonely lone soldiers
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By Editorial board
The New York Times building was the scene of a demonstration over a cartoon with anti-Semitic imagery in its international issue. (Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images)
May 9, 2019, 11:02 am
The New York Times has a problem
There is simply no place for anti-Semitism in the paper of record.
By Editorial board
March 14, 2019, 2:55 pm
Understanding Omar
When it comes to anti-Semitism, Omar is indifferent at best, or a practitioner at worst.
By Editorial board
December 2, 2018, 6:45 pm
Reflections on Tragedy
Submissions offer glimpse of grieving community
By Editorial board
The Knesset has voted for changes to how the Supreme Court can make decisions. (Photo by Chris Yunker / Wikimedia Commons)
November 16, 2018, 10:03 am
The Knesset talks anti-Semitism
Absent from the discussion were American Jews themselves, something that was noted — not uncritically — in news coverage. We disagree with much of the criticism.
By Editorial board
Rabbi Jonathan Perlman speaks to thousands at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh during a service to honor and mourn the victims of the mass shooting at the Tree Of Life synagogue building. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images )
November 9, 2018, 10:01 am
Solidarity and comfort
We’re going to need each other, Jewish brothers and sisters, recommitting ourselves to our Jewish community.
By Editorial board
November 2, 2018, 4:45 pm
Horror at home
The vitriol and divisive political rhetoric in our country has gotten out of control.
By Editorial board
Jamal Khashoggi at a press conference in 2014. (Photo by Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP/Getty Images)
October 25, 2018, 4:29 pm
An erratic ally
For decades, many in the United States have urged our government to speak out about Saudi human rights abuses.
By Editorial board
Kuwait Air refused to allow an Israeli student to fly on its airline. (Photo by Mateusz Atroszko/iStockphoto.com)
October 5, 2018, 10:17 am
How to handle Kuwait’s unfriendly skies
It is now up to the German legislature to tighten discrimination laws to the point where discriminatory airlines like Kuwait’s can be told: You must carry everyone or no one.
By Editorial board
University of Michigan professor John Cheney-Lippold refused to write a letter of recommendation for one of his students to support her effort to study abroad — in Israel. (Photo by tinyal/iStockphoto.com)
September 27, 2018, 6:06 pm
Where is the BDS picket line in academia?
According to professor John Cheney-Lippold, writing a letter of recommendation for a student to study abroad in Israel would be equivalent to crossing a picket line.
By Editorial board
The Old Queens building at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
September 21, 2018, 9:10 am
A second look at Rutgers anti-Semitism charge
The probe is looking again at a 2011 event held by a pro-Palestinian group but will weigh it under a new definition of anti-Semitism now in place at the Office for Civil Rights.
By Editorial board
The power of speech and the havoc it can wreak has forever been a concern of our Jewish sages. (Photo from public domain)
September 13, 2018, 4:54 pm
Is speech a useful tool or a powerful weapon?
This Yom Kippur, we can start to rebuild our society by taking heed of what we say, and how we say it.
By Editorial board
Rosh hashanah (Jewish New Year holiday) concept over blackboard with hand made illustrations. (File photo)
September 7, 2018, 4:53 pm
Welcoming 5779
We have survived a year of instability and uncertainty both here and in Israel, and there are disquieting projections for the future. But there is hope.
By Editorial board
Participants on a mission to Israel hike in the Negev. (Photo by Nechama Marcus)
August 30, 2018, 4:16 pm
Justice, honesty, Israel and the Episcopalian bishop
Some critics of Israel explain their hostility to the Jewish state as an outgrowth of their pursuit of justice. That inclination is understandable but can be an assault to truth.
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