Ideas A High Holidays plea: Listen to each other on Israel’s nation-state debate Supporters and detractors of the new law have more in common than not, writes the founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. By Rabbi Avi Weiss August 24, 2018 1:20 pm
Alan Dershowitz and other prominent Israel advocates warn Netanyahu against expelling Africans They tout Natan Sharansky to head a committee seeking a humanitarian solution, but he told JTA he knows nothing about plan. March 15, 2018 5:03 pm
This Yom Kippur, try confessing the good things you’ve done Rabbi Avi Weiss proposes an "opposite" ritual of confession, this one focusing on the good things one has done. October 5, 2016 9:00 am
Rabbi Lila Kagedan poised to make history with job at Orthodox shul By Uriel Heilman January 13, 2016 4:36 pm
Ideas Op-Ed: Why the RCA’s conversion system is better than the alternative By Mark Dratch November 17, 2014 4:46 pm
Ideas Op-Ed: Centralizing authority on conversions hurts converts By Rabbi Avi Weiss and Marc Angel November 13, 2014 3:23 pm