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I recently attended a parlor meeting for a group that seeks to foster respectful discourse among people with different points of view.  And indeed, it was my first in-person conversation with someone who spoke with great passion about the…

(Note: This topic is so important, and fast-moving, that I decided to return to, and significantly update, it here — two and half years after I last addressed it: https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/is-it-still-worth-going-to-college/)

Is it…

The present uproar over the Trump administration’s alleged attempt to “weaponize” denaturalization rests on historical illiteracy. Denaturalization is not a modern invention. It exists because the United States once granted citizenship…

There. I said it. I cry for animals, not for people. When a dog dies in a movie my throat tightens and my eyes burn. When humans die on screen I mostly feel numb. That is not because I am heartless. It is because I have watched humanity long…

I happen to be exceptionally lucky.

I have had essentially 23 years of excellent Jewish education from Gan Rina Nursery School through the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies.

I grew up in a home in which my curiosity was not only…

After all of the excitement of the exodus from Egypt, reality set in, and day to day life began for the Jewish people in the desert.

Moshe Rabbeinu’s father in-law, Yitro, observed what was going on, and offered some help. He felt that his…

With all that’s going wrong in the world, it’s nice to be able to be distracted for a few hours for a football game on a Sunday in February. And each year, I’ve predicted the winner of said Super Bowl, using biblical and rabbinic…

Delivering the annual “State of World Jewry” address at Manhattan’s 92nd Street Y this Sunday, Bret Stephens voiced a sobering reality many have long suspected: the multi-million dollar industry dedicated to fighting antisemitism has…

There are moments when a community doesn’t just show up — it steps forward. This week, the new Jewish Federation of Annapolis & the Chesapeake did exactly that, joining longtime leaders across Maryland for our first-ever Jewish Advocacy…

Managing Director Fitz Haney was in Jerusalem to brief Israel President Isaac Herzog on the Isaac Accords 

On September 15, 2020, at the Trump White House, the world watched as Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – later joined by…