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Henry Greenspan

Dec 28, 2023, 7:50 AM

Sleeping with Kafka

There is nothing I can do. It doesn’t matter what sin I committed. Or didn’t. It has been decided. I have to leave.

Neil Gronowetter

Dec 18, 2023, 5:34 AM

Tax the antisemitism out of US universities

Closing private checkbooks alone isn’t motivation enough to do the right thing and protect Jewish students

Dec 14, 2023, 4:28 PM

Congressman Raskin: Find your moral conscience

US Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks during the final US House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2022. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

The US Rep’s call to stop the operation in Gaza reveals a profound failure to appreciate Israel’s current existential crisis

Dec 13, 2023, 3:54 PM

A new Anne Frank moment

Anne Frank. (via Jewish News)

Jewish educators must teach our youth to be confident and competent in their Jewish selves and in how they relate to Israel

Dec 12, 2023, 11:55 PM

Antisemitism at Rice University is not just real, it’s prevalent

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I've been a professor here for 30 years and discovering how mainstream the double standard is has been a rude awakening

Lori Silberman Brauner

Dec 12, 2023, 6:55 AM

Why I’m keeping my son in Israel as a war rages on

Volunteering to pick fruit at Kibbutz Gvulot.

He is receiving an education and absorbing values far more important than anything he could learn here in New Jersey

Dec 8, 2023, 12:42 PM

Is the American Jewish success story ending?

Synagogue of Congregation Ohab Zedek built in the Moorish Revival in New York City. (demerzel21/iStock)

It’s not just a passing campus trend – data shows that the US may be turning into a dangerous place for Jews

Dec 7, 2023, 5:19 PM

Each candle ushering a new light into a depraved world

With celebrations canceled or muted, we will not be intimidated – the world needs every single light

Dec 1, 2023, 12:58 AM

They turned us into monsters

A surfer carrying her board walks past posters, towels and flip-flops that are part of a protest organized by the Australian Jewish community at Bondi Beach in Sydney on November 2, 2023 to highlight the plight of hostages held by Hamas (David Gray / AFP)

The war is desensitizing us and our children to horror. Can our increased tolerance to antisemitism and murder be reversed?

Dasee Berkowitz

Nov 23, 2023, 10:20 AM

Thanksgiving: It’s about more than the stuffing recipe

Thanksgiving dinner. (iStock)

Nervous about what some relatives might say at the table? Don’t sidestep disagreement – lean into it for a more meaningful discussion

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