Op-Ed

By Elena Gormley This story originally appeared on Alma. Everything was going well until I checked my phone. I had just finished teaching Sunday school at...

By Amy Litzenblatt This story originally appeared on Kveller. Most nights, dinner feels like a triathlon. Due to different bedtimes and work schedules, we often eat...

By Bill Peduto The depth of the Tree of Life tragedy hit home immediately. I knew within minutes that morning I would know some of...

By Rabbi Walter Jacob Nov. 9, 1938: The Final Solution had begun with us in Germany — men into concentration camps, businesses looted, moneys confiscated....

By Robin Schatz Hate crimes are on the rise and, for too long, Pennsylvania’s infrastructure has been ill-equipped to respond. As the director of government affairs...

By Leon S. Malmud In November, we celebrate Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. These two holidays have a common thread — that of gratitude. On Veterans...

By Marcia Bronstein I spent an amazing week at Yiddish School at the Yiddish Book Center (YBC) last year, along with 41 fellow students from...

By Rabbi Shmuel Goldin The transition could not be more abrupt. Behind us is the month of Tishrei — the busiest, most eventful, ritually richest month...

By Aaron Bernstein Bernie Madoff is certainly the most infamous of the residents at North Carolina’s Butner Federal Correctional Facility, but, scanning the congregation at...

By Adam Garber I’m walking through a forest of metal pillars in Alabama with Jews from across the country. The spiral of 6-foot rusted monuments...