May his memory be a blessing By Rabbi Mark PelavinST. MICHAELS, Maryland (JTA) — The day is one of my most vivid and treasured memories. I was associate director of…
By Dorothy Isgur My summers at Jewish sleepaway camp played a significant role in forming the person I am today. I have never given Greene Family Camp its due respect,…
NEW YORK (JTA) — Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Zach Banner posted a video late last week in response to Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson’s anti-Semitic screed against Jews.After describing…
Photo: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesDr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks at the daily briefing of the White House Coronavirus Task Force at the…
Last Saturday’s ruling by U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth denying the Trump Administration’s motion to halt publication of John R. Bolton’s memoir of his service as National Security Advisor…
(JNS) At the forefront of pro-Israel efforts stand our community’s most valiant and valuable assets: students. I need not highlight the battle that pro-Israel students face in classrooms across the…
On June 19, 1865, two months after the Civil War ended in Confederate surrender and two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, news reached Galveston, Texas — slavery…
DALLAS (JTA) — Before COVID-19, when my community convened every Shabbat at our synagogue here, two men stood at opposite ends of the property wearing Kevlar vests and holding makeshift…
By Gisele Rogers People often ask me what it’s like having an African-American son. I am a Modern Orthodox Jew and the mother of three biological children and an adopted…
Photo: Julie CarpenterA mural of George Floyd near Chicago Avenue and 38th Street in Minneapolis serves as a solemn beacon of remembrance. Have you ever been to a place so…