4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1333+ words) Our next-door neighbors, the Fishmans and the Nichterns, were Jewish, and so were the Kutner and Broslovsky families around the corner. The Goldenbergs and the Hefflers up the street were Jewish, too. Likewise, within a hundred yards of us, were…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (756+ words) When readers of the Atlanta Jewish Times opened their Passover edition last week, they saw something surprising. The leavened bread, which Jews do not eat on the holiday, was front and center in an ad placed by Nathalie Kanani, a…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (1485+ words) There are lies that wound, and there are lies that kill. Few falsehoods in human history have proven as lethal, as enduring, and as morally catastrophic as the claim that the Jewish people killed Jesus. It is a charge that…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (554+ words) Reconstructionist Judaism "comes closer than any other movement or school of thought to articulating the meaning of Judaism for American Jews," the Jewish sociologist Charles Liebman wrote almost 60 years ago. By emphasizing belonging over rote observance, personal fulfillment over inherited…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (636+ words) Every year when the last week of March rolls around, I think about buying you a birthday card. So, needless to say, the past three years, when I start walking to the greeting card section, I get that funny feeling…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (1636+ words) New Jersey Jewish News In his article in last week's Jewish Standard/New Jersey Jewish News, Denny Klein of North Caldwell describes himself as a lifelong Democrat but tries to convince fellow Democratic voters like me that we should support…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago  (202+ words) And so, his "coattails" extended to Harry S. Truman and Democrats to this day. Jews together with Afro-Americans are the most reliable voters for the Democratic party compared to any other voting bloc. Meanwhile, fueled by billions invested by Qatar, Chinese…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (1698+ words) It might be her background that propelled Inna Yelisevich into activism. As a Russian Jew, she knows antisemitism. As a mother, she knows what she wants for her children. As a Jewish mother, she knows that her children, their friends,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (892+ words) Jack Jacobs was a young lieutenant when he was sent to Vietnam and assigned as an advisor to a battalion of Vietnamese soldiers. At first, he said, he was involved in a series of "relatively small firefights." Inevitably, though, not…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (265+ words) Rabbi, what's the word from the outside?" I would get asked repeatedly by a dementia patient. The quality of care elders receive relies significantly on what resources these elders or their families have at their disposal. Still, we live in…...