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Charles E. Savenor

Jul 8, 2025, 7:41 AM

Is Superman still relevant?

Devoid of Batman's inner turmoil and Ironman’s arrogance, the superhero's moral clarity feels outdated – but it's just what's needed

Michael Zoosman

Jun 22, 2025, 4:50 PM

Two Wrongs Never Make a Right: Why I Oppose the Pre-emptive Attacks on Iran

I am an ordained American Jewish cantor who loves the people and land of Israel and who is fully cognizant of the existential threat that the Iranian regime presents for the world. Still, I unequivocally oppose Israel’s June 12-13,...

Jun 5, 2025, 7:23 AM

Why I stand with Israel

Recently the City Council in Providence, RI sowed division in my city when it allowed the Palestinian flag to fly outside City Hall. While that flag has waved around the world, not surprisingly, my support for Israel has never...

Apr 22, 2025, 7:47 AM

When God Was Silent: Yom HaShoah and October 7th

Yom HaShoah, which falls this Thursday, is not merely a date on the Jewish calendar. It is a sacred rupture in time—a moment when the collective soul of a people pauses to scream, weep, and remember. It is a...

Elchanan Poupko

Apr 22, 2025, 7:41 AM

Shvi’i Shel Pesach Yizkor, Remembering Ted Comet

On a day Yizkor coincides with a holiday as joyous as Passover, we use the festivities of coming together, to also remember those who have brought us to this togetherness, and how much of what we are celebrating is...

Michael Zoosman

Apr 5, 2025, 3:26 PM

Remembering Rabbi Zvi Kogan, z’l – Without More Killing

In the wake of the United Arab Emirates’ recent death sentence for three of the Uzbek nationals convicted in the murder of Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Z’L (zichrono livracha - of blessed memory), we - the 3800+ members of...

Michael Zoosman

Mar 29, 2025, 12:13 PM

When Human Rights Become ‘Too Political’

On April 24 Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Memorial Day in the Hebrew calendar will compel the Jewish world to consider the full impact of remaining silent in the face of injustice and oppression. Ahead of that solemn day, I feel sickened...

Michael Zoosman

Mar 16, 2025, 12:16 PM

America’s Adar Execution Spree Opens a Pandora’s Box of Death

According to Jewish tradition, the current Hebrew month of Adar is meant to be joyful. Ancient rabbinic commentators demand: “Mishenichnas Adar, marbim b’simcha” (“One who enters Adar should increase one’s joy.”) Yet, in another horrific synchronicity, the United States...

Michael Zoosman

Mar 5, 2025, 11:29 PM

A Jewish Response to the Resumption of US Firing-Squad Executions

On Friday, March 7, just ahead of the Jewish Sabbath, a South Carolina firing squad will shoot to death my longtime pen pal and friend Brad Sigmon. This will mark the first American firing squad execution to take place in 15 years....

Michael Zoosman

Feb 21, 2025, 9:12 AM

Israel should not execute Hamas terrorists – or anyone else

We, the 3,800+ members of the group “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty” wish to respond respectfully to Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Lieberman’s Feb. 15th Jerusalem Post op-ed entitled “Should Israel execute Hamas terrorists for war crimes on par with...

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