From the Newsletter | It’s deep midsummer. What are you reading?
It always seems there’s a little more leeway in our reading choices in summer, when things slow down just enough to let us think big.
04
Aug
28
Jul
From the Newsletter | Exploring Jewish Community in Far Flung Places
As a kid, I was fascinated by the existence of Jews in remote places.
17
Jun
From the Newsletter | Gun Rights and Judaism
This widespread violence is a national crisis with cultural, political and spiritual dimensions.
17
Jun
From the Newsletter | Remembering A.B. Yehoshua
Yehoshua died on Tuesday at the age of 85, and it’s hard not to feel we are nearing the end of an era.
26
May
From the Newsletter | George Soros is a Holocaust Survivor, Not a Nazi
This convoluted and self serving thinking is a modern twist on a deeply entrenched antisemitic trope: Jews are to blame for their own misfortunes, including the Holocaust.
19
May
From the Newsletter | The Exploitation of a Palestinian Journalist’s Death
Even before Shireen Abu Akleh’s blood had dried, her death was exploited.
12
May
From the Newsletter | How Is Judaism Different After Half a Century of Female Clergy?
Last month saw the anniversaries of two great leaps forward for women in American Judaism: It was 50 years since the ordination of the first American woman rabbi, Sally Priesand, and 100 years since the first bat mitzvah.
28
Apr
From the Newsletter | What Is the One Thing Students Should Leave College Knowing?
When I graduated from college, I despaired that I knew so little and had touched so few of the subjects I might have studied had I a tool such as Hermione’s Time-Turner, which of course hadn’t been “invented” yet.
21
Apr
From the Newsletter | Germany’s Time of the Wolves
How many times have you picked up a book you bought years ago and never opened, only to find that it’s the perfect read for that moment in your life?
14
Apr
From the Newsletter | Have We All ‘Hardened Our Hearts’ à La Pharaoh in Egypt?
It is hard to believe we are about to celebrate our third COVID Passover.