Ideas

Who, exactly, is a yenta these days?

How did a Yiddish name meaning “refined” devolve into a term used to mean “blabbermouth”?

Ideas

As a former Israeli lawmaker, I know Trump’s peace plan won’t work. But it could strengthen Arab-Israeli relations.

It would make vital regional cooperation more likely to continue and strengthen over time, writes a former member of the Israeli parliament.

Ideas

I’ve been an Israeli settler for 30 years. Trump’s peace plan puts our communities in danger.

We cannot ignore the maps and detailed plans behind the words that would kill some 60 Israeli towns in the heart of Judea and Samaria, writes a settler activist.

Hasidim, government officials and police officers stand in front of the K'hal Adas Greenville synagogue next door to JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, the site of a deadly shooting, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

I treat epidemics, including community violence. Here’s my advice for containing the spread of anti-Semitism.

Jewish mom Pink opens up about aging and I feel so seen

Even though anti-Semitism is rising, we can still appreciate how far the acceptance of Jews has come in America

The tragic death of an 8-year-old Palestinian brought Jerusalem’s Jews and Arabs together

You can’t defend haredi Orthodox Jews against violence while demonizing our schools

Pete Buttigieg: My administration will devote $1 billion to combat anti-Semitism and other violent extremism

Why is a church still holding services in the former Nazi headquarters of Auschwitz-Birkenau?

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