Opinion

I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond after?

Rabbi Joshua Ladon: Security measures in the wake of the Texas hostage crisis threaten a Jewish ethic of welcoming the stranger.

By Rabbi Joshua Ladon January 21, 2022 3:52 pm

Opinion

Securing our synagogues and protecting Jews of color don’t have to be at odds

Security professionals and volunteers must be equipped to decrease racial and ethnic bias.

January 20, 2022 6:34 pm

Opinion

Colleyville is an opportunity for American Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism

A historian and law student asks: If antisemitism is systemic, “doesn’t it demand more thoroughgoing responses than pride and protest?”

January 19, 2022 4:09 pm

Opinion

From vigils to vitriol, the Texas hostage crisis showed social media at its best and worst

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 19, 2022 11:00 am

Police lights shine on Congregation Beth Israel synagogue

Opinion

I hope we won’t let the Texas synagogue hostage crisis erode in-person prayer even more

By Raphael Magarik January 18, 2022 5:04 pm

Opinion

How Satmar Hasidim used liberal values to create an illiberal ‘shtetl’ in suburban New York

By David N. Myers and Nomi M. Stolzenberg January 18, 2022 4:29 pm

Opinion

Jews and Muslims can walk a common path. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how.

By Eboo Patel and Joshua Stanton January 17, 2022 8:41 am

Opinion

I am a rabbi in a hospital ICU. This is what the COVID surge looks like to our exhausted staff.

By Rabbi Mike Harvey January 12, 2022 4:41 pm

Opinion

A trans Jew has created a nonbinary, open-source prayer book that aims to include all

By Jaz Twersky January 11, 2022 2:38 pm

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From the reverent to the raunchy, YIVO’s vast archives of Yiddish life are reunited online

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 6, 2022 5:35 pm

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I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond after?

Securing our synagogues and protecting Jews of color don’t have to be at odds

Colleyville is an opportunity for American Jews to rethink our approach to curbing antisemitism

From vigils to vitriol, the Texas hostage crisis showed social media at its best and worst

I hope we won’t let the Texas synagogue hostage crisis erode in-person prayer even more

How Satmar Hasidim used liberal values to create an illiberal ‘shtetl’ in suburban New York

Jews and Muslims can walk a common path. Martin Luther King Jr. showed us how.

I am a rabbi in a hospital ICU. This is what the COVID surge looks like to our exhausted staff.

A trans Jew has created a nonbinary, open-source prayer book that aims to include all

From the reverent to the raunchy, YIVO’s vast archives of Yiddish life are reunited online

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