By Joel Magalnick , Editor and Acting Publisher, JTNews As we begin our new year and reflect on the one drawing to a close, we often use this as a
Read MoreBy Lawrence Grossman , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — When world leaders converge on New York this month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmad
Read MoreBy Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum , The Kavana Cooperative I returned recently from a wonderful summer in Israel, where I had the privilege of serving on t
Read MoreBy Gerald M. Steinberg , JNS.org UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon — who decided to visit Tehran Aug. 29—31 for the conference of the Non-Aligned M
Read MoreBy Rabbi James L. Mirel , Temple B'nai Torah Rabbi Raphael Levine was a great mentor to me and many other rabbis and ministers over the years. Rab
Read MoreBy Rabbi Shalom D. (Berry) Farkash, Chabad of the Central Cascades A few weeks ago, the children were all home after the last day of school, and w
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jill Borodin, Congregation Beth Shalom One of my goals for this summer has been to expose my 6-year-old twin daughters to hiking. Over t
Read MoreBy Edmon J. Rodman , JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA) — This year, Tisha b'Av marks not only the destruction of both Temples, but with the
Read MoreBy Edward Alexander, , Seattle When we pass the "biblical" age of three score and ten, we begin to feel — as Saul Bellow said when he passed that
Read MoreBy Marcie Natan , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Pride and chagrin: It's rare that the two emotions are experienced simultaneously. But t
Read MoreBy Mordecai Goldstein, , Everett I just want to say that I am very pleased with the performance of this journal. Here is an example of why I feel t
Read MoreBy Gil Troy , Shalom Hartman Institute The Middle East is combustible enough without adding one-sided, incendiary historical accounts to the mix.
Read MoreBy Rabbi Alan Cook , Temple De Hirsch Sinai I have been blessed to be involved in a number of opportunities for interfaith dialogue over the past
Read MoreBy Rabbi Avremi Yarmush, Chabad of Whatcom County In this week's Torah portion, Korach instigates a mutiny against Moshe Rabbeinu. Throughout hist
Read MoreBy Rafael Medoff , JointMedia News Service Seventy years ago this month, America learned, for the first time, about the systematic mass murder of
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum , Herzl—Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation When I was in my early 20s, I went through a period of several years when I set
Read MoreBy Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I wish to commend the JTNews and Charlene Kahn for the coverage of the disbanding of the Jewish Club of Washington ("Mi
Read MoreBy Rocky Silverman, , Seattle Rebuttal to the plea: "Justice, justice we will pursue and make history" by Rabbi Zari Weiss (Rabbi's Turn, May 11).
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews Most American Jews agree; Israeli settlements on the West Bank are an impediment to peace. Not me. In my view
Read MoreBy Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers , Congregation Ezra Bessaroth Various theories are advanced in our classic literature as to why on Passover, chametz — lea
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