“I was born a Jew…lived as a Christian…want to die a Jew”
IZBICA, Poland – It was a chilly November day that Rabbi Shalom Malul, the dean of the AMIT Ashdod Yeshiva
We let our kids plan Chanukah last year — and it taught me so much about the holiday
By HANNAH LEBOVITS (JTA) – When I go out with my kids, we often play a homemade game called, “I spy
Bye bye Boomer? Who shall live and who shall die?
By MARILYN SHAPIRO Was it time for us to retire Boomer to that Stuffed Bear Den in the sky? A couple of
The mysterious case of the missing hat…
By MARILYN SHAPIRO Spending a good part of this past summer in Colorado with our six-year-old granddaughter reaped incredibly wonderful moments
Everybody Hates the Jews
A disturbing new study confirms what every openly Jewish American is feeling. By Bari Weiss Graffiti was spray-painted on the walls of
Labor Zionism is alive and well
By MITCHELL BARD (JNS) – When our son Daniel completed his service as a combat medic in the Israel Defense Forces,
Marilyn wraps up ‘Fradel’s Story’ to begin new year
By MARILYN SHAPIRO What better way to start off a new year than to publish a new book? Fradel’s Story, my third
I sat vigil for the souls of 9/11 victims. 20 years later I still feel their presence — and absence.
By JESSICA RUSSAK-HOFFMAN NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Two nights after the Twin Towers fell on 9/11, we were instructed to
My abortion was a blessing for me. As a rabbi, I will fight for others to be able to make their own sacred choice.
By Rabbi RACHAEL PASS NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, in my second year of
I used to judge ex-Orthodox Jews. Then I started listening to them.
By RIVKA NEHORAI NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Ten years ago, I sat shocked watching a new music video from one