Op-Ed

For #Metoo Transgressors, the Only Cure is Banishment

In the years following the reckonings with sexual harassment and assault prompted by the #MeToo movement, there has been debate over the correct communal response to those accused of sexual misconduct.

A Shooter Terrorized My Favorite Grocery Store. This Simple Jewish Prayer for Dew is...

By Lisa Trank The day was cold, but not too cold — typical March weather for the Rocky Mountains. I was heading to Boulder to...

Calling Any Jewish Woman a ‘JAP’ is Offensive — But Not for the Reason...

By Ivy Humbarger The term “Jewish American Princess” has been debated within Jewish communities for as long as it has existed. Many bemoan it for...

Writing Poetry Helps Me Process the Holocaust’s Unspeakable Evils

By Menachem Z. Rosensaft Not long after the gruesome reality of the Holocaust had burst onto the world’s consciousness, the philosopher and social theorist Theodor...
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Israel Should Help All Palestinians Get Vaccinated — Obligation or Not

By Matan Arad-Neeman While the world tries to quickly and safely vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19, I’ve watched a particularly inane legal...

Philadelphia Models Brotherly Love, Sisterly Affection When it Fights Anti-Semitism

By Jim Kenney and Marcia Bronstein In recent years, Philadelphia has witnessed its share of alarming incidents of hate targeting Jews. A man etched Nazi...
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What It’s Like to Celebrate Passover in Prison

By Christopher Blackwell Over the past few years, I have been honored and blessed to experience — with good friends — some Jewish traditions and...

Asian Americans Carry Generational Trauma. We Need to Talk About It

Many in the Northern California community may know me as Berkeley’s elected city auditor.

LGBTQ People Lack Full Legal Protections in Every State. Jews Need to Be Part...

In the 1980s, Dennis Neill, an employee of our family business, came out as gay to my late father, Charles Schusterman

NMAJH Set to Rebound in 2021

On March 3, 2020 — just over a year ago — I wrote a piece for this very publication entitled “Is American Jewish History Worth Telling?”