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• Making Grandma’s charoset (or how I learned to love Passover)

  April 11, 2016 3:18pm

  (JTA) — When I walked into the house through the back door one day as a young man, I was shocked to see my mother in the kitchen. To put it mildly, this was not one of her favorite places. When I asked her why she was there, a look of panic crossed her face….

• Op-Ed: Jewish values dictate protecting gay marriage

  June 26, 2013 4:14pm

  Edgar Bronfman writes that he now sees the protection of gay marriage as a manifestation of the Jewish value of seeking justice for those who are enslaved.

• Op-Ed: Judaism must embrace its ‘doubters’

  March 10, 2013 5:06pm

  Acknowledging a Judaism that embraces doubt is one way in which we can expand our tent, writes Edgar M. Bronfman.

• Op-Ed: Obama has helped make Israel safer

  July 22, 2012 7:47pm

  President Obama’s comprehensive pro-Israel agenda increases Israel’s security, writes the former president of the World Jewish Congress.

• Op-Ed: Pluralism means finding your place in the Jewish story

  May 17, 2012 4:37pm

  Jews share a rich heritage, so all who wish to come into the Jewish community must be welcome, writes the president of The Samuel Bronfman Foundation.

• Op-Ed: A time to innovate

  March 13, 2009 8:51pm

  Edgar Bronfman argues that it would be a major mistake for the Jewish community to give up on the value of innovation just because the stock market has fallen.

• Synagogues must experiment

  May 8, 2007 9:00am

  An ethos of experimentation is needed to attract more people to Judaism and create a renaissance in Jewish life, Edgar Bronfman writes.