Ideas

Ideas

As a rabbi in a small town, I understand the Jewish class divide — and how to close it

Rural congregations have a fraction of the resources of their big-city cousins, writes the head of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life.

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Ideas

Staying up all night on Shavuot is about going all in

Why some study to the point of exhaustion on a holiday about the giving of the Torah.

The Sit-Down Ideas

A scholar sees a common root for antisemitism and racism: ‘Christian supremacy’

Fordham University’s Magda Teter says “the Jews will not replace us” ideology of the racist right is a legacy of church doctrine.

1 year ago, a mass shooting in Buffalo brought our Jewish and Black communities together. What took so long?

The Exodus changed the Jewish people. The giving of the Torah changed everything.

As an American rabbi in King Charles’ court, I’m learning to love the idea of monarchy

A Jewish journalist takes sides in America’s ‘slow civil war’

The ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ movie is a dated view of intermarriage

Meir Shalev and Yehonatan Geffen were Israeli cultural royalty. Their deaths leave a hole on the left.

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

Why a liberal Zionist rabbi isn’t taking to the streets over Israel’s judicial reform plan

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