Opinion | Stop Saying Women Convert Just for Marriage
By Kylie Ora Lobell / JTA
Whenever a celebrity decides to convert to Judaism, headlines like this abound:
“Karlie Kloss confirms conversion to Judaism to marry...
Opinion | Making Sense of Death
By Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal
Birth is G-d saying you matter.
I learned that from my first teacher of Torah, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, a scribe for the...
Opinion | Anti-Semitism Doesn’t Discriminate: Why Should We?
By Joshua Runyan
Almost two decades into the 21st century, few people — and they’re getting fewer with each passing day — deny that the...
Opinion | In Light of Dorian, Lessons Learned From Disaster Relief
By Mandie Winston
As I joined countless others watching the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas and parts of the southeastern United States,...
Opinion | Dinner at the Park: From Strangers to Neighbors
By Harris Sokoloff
Whether one praises or condemns the United States’ immigration policies, once immigrants arrive in our communities we need to attend to two...
Opinion | Accidental Racism Exists in the Jewish World
By Aryeh Ho
Earlier this year, my wife attended a program on Jewish education. The presenter made a seemingly harmless joke: “A couple stopped having...
Opinion | What’s Missing From Israel’s Election Campaign?
By Jonathan Tobin
Recent statements from President Donald Trump about American Jews “being disloyal” set off a firestorm of criticism from Jewish groups. It was...
Opinion | Jews Have Become Detached From Labor’s Goals
By Michael Hersch
A central theme of the story of the Jewish people is liberation from slavery — the experience of being held against one’s...
Opinion | Remove Millennial Synagogue Participation Barriers
By Rabbi Shai Cherry
In the Aug. 8 issue of the Exponent, op-ed writer Max Weisman wrote a piece called “Why Millennials are Opting Out...
Opinion | Veganism Is a Core Jewish Value
By Juliet Stein
As an Ashkenazi Jew, I grew up with an inherent nostalgia for an Eastern European diet. It was not that long ago...