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Joseph C. Kaplan

Sep 20, 2018, 8:09 PM

The Importance of Memory: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I read in shul. Though my father wouldn’t have approved, it minimizes my talking during services and helps me keep up with once-inaccessible material that now is available with a simple click or two. My weekly shul reading includes articles only...

Heddy Abramowitz

Sep 12, 2018, 5:22 PM

Playing House: Nomi Bruckmann at Ticho House

Dealing with loss is at the heart of The Gift, now on exhibit at Ticho House, with quiet works by Nomi Bruckmann, curated by Timna Seligman. Bruckmann, a veteran artist and teacher at the Israel Museum’s Ruth Youth Wing,...

Jose Eriel Muniz Gomez

Sep 9, 2018, 1:29 AM

MYTH: Israel was created by displacing Palestinians

In 1947, the British--like they did in many of their colonies-- lowered their flag from the British Mandate of Palestine, closed their military bases and went home. This tendency of theirs explains why today they enjoy the "privilege" of...

Sep 6, 2018, 4:28 PM

Let the New Year Welcome A New Language of Hope

I find it encouraging that peace in the Middle East is still a subject of interest. Although the Palestinians continue to threaten, accuse and promote the BDS against Israel, the government of Israel continues to talk about peace and...

Michael S. Diamond

Aug 30, 2018, 10:06 AM

Galvanized for action: Ki Teitzei

Cobalt blue sparks leapt from the corners of the holoShawl the minute Ram Nissan had gathered the tzitzit together over his left shoulder. He almost dropped it altogether as the shock momentarily convulsed his entire body. Dude! Tzitzit, the...

Aug 5, 2018, 3:26 PM

Nathan Dlusy wanted to stop Hitler

The 1951 consecration ceremony by the Jewish Community of Glasgow for the official gravestones belonging to Nathan Dlusy, and a half dozen other Allied Jewish military men who were killed while serving in Scotland during the Second World War. (Courtesy Jon Dlusy)

How a Canadian airman was buried in the Scottish Jewish cemetery 74 years ago

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