Letters to the Editor: Women Learning Gemara
Dear Editor,
I applaud Yochanan Gordon’s eloquent defense of the choice by an expanding group of women to learn daf yomi (Inside Out, “The Third Revolution,” January 10).
While the number...
From the Editor: Racist Representations
Israel’s defense minister Naftali Bennett is willing to sacrifice the possible advent of a solid right-wing government after Israel’s March elections because of a picture hanging on a living-room...
Yid Parenting: Success for All Children
Question:
I’ve been grappling with the decision of letting you respond publicly to this question for many months. On the one hand, I’m scared my son will read this question...
My Journey: Set Up the Singles
In the world of shidduchim, I think that singles are looking out for themselves. They don’t tend to think of their friends and who they can set them up...
Mindbiz: Is Therapy Just for Crazy People?
Dear Esther,
I am a 44-year-old male. I would say I grew up in a functional home with normal, average parents who did their best to raise their three children....
J.B. Handley: Vexed Over Vaccines
By J.B. Handley
I am the author of the bestselling book, How to End the Autism Epidemic, which was released by Chelsea Green Publishing in September. I read publisher/editor Larry...
Mindbiz: How Can I Be More Real?
Dear Esther,
I am a fake! I don’t think anyone, including my husband, truly knows the real me. And I’m not sure why, but lately I’m finding it harder and...
Letters to the Editor: What to Do About Antisemitism
Repeal “No Bail” Law
Dear Editor,
My mother often recounted how her brother, at the young age of 14, arrived home one day, suitcase in hand. He reported that the “shkotzim,”...
Malkie Hirsch: Birthday Memories
By Malkie Hirsch
Moshe’s birthday was January 23, 1979.
I used to joke, once I got to know him better, that his birthday was so fitting for a man who was...
Malkie Hirsch: Friends
By Malkie Hirsch
You know those people you can go months without speaking to but when you do, it’s like no time has passed? There are never hard feelings on...
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Lauder: Antisemitism Source of Shame After Auschwitz
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
OSWIECIM, Poland (JTA) — Holocaust survivors seeing their grandchildren facing the hatred that nearly killed them is a source of shame for the...
Controversy-Plagued ‘Jewish Nobel’ Cuts Ties With PM Office
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office will no longer be involved with awarding the annual Genesis Prize, self-styled the “Jewish Nobel,”...
Will Dialysis Become a Thing of the Past?
By Ken Stephens
A groundbreaking study has shown that it is possible to rejuvenate damaged kidneys and improve their function, a procedure that could reverse...