Using the Shmita year to tackle climate change and inequality By Sen. Meghan Kallman, Rabbi Lex Rofeberg, JTA Sep 20, 2021 We are in an era of multiple interlocking crises. From record-breaking heat waves to wildfires to water shortages, from rising authoritarianism to a pandemic rampaging across the world, it is clear that, to survive, human beings will need to make urgent, major changes to how we live. Bold policy proposals already exist to address these… Read More
Letters 'Hitler' review missed point; Recall was a joke; etc. A great summer in Israel I would like to thank you for the wonderful coverage on the TJJ Action summer program in Israel run by Akiva Naiman… By J. Readers Sep 20, 2021
First Person I served in Afghanistan as a Jewish Army chaplain When the US was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, I was the same age as the current cadets at West Point are now. After graduating from college, I assumed I… By Cantor David Frommer, Forward Sep 17, 2021
First Person Working at J. has taught me what really matters as a journalist I was a college senior, hungry for a foot into the journalism world. “Are there any jobs available?” I cold emailed J. editor Sue Fishkoff in April 2019.… By Gabriel Greschler Sep 15, 2021
Books No one lost their Jewish name at Ellis Island — but we gained a haven Shortly before he died, my dad gave me a trove of family documents, some dating to the 19th century. For the first time I had confirmation of what our… By Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA Sep 15, 2021
First Person We're spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually This article originally appeared on Kveller. One of the distinctively Jewish benefits of the pandemic is that we can attend services virtually anywhere… By Avi Dresner, JTA Sep 14, 2021
Analysis Recall or not, Gavin Newsom needs to atone—and so do his critics It’s a coincidence that the election to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom falls one day before the start of Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday of atonement. But it may… By Rob Eshman, Forward Sep 14, 2021
First Person Give yourself some credit this year with this positive Yom Kippur prayer Every year during the High Holidays, Jews recite a litany of ways we have fallen short in a confessional prayer. Known as a viddui, the prayer is a… By Rabbi Jillian Cameron, Cantor Juval Porat, JTA Sep 13, 2021
Opinion Who by water? Who by fire? Climate crisis demands Jewish response “Who shall live and who shall die … who by water and who by fire … who by earthquake and who by plague …” Twenty years ago, people cried when they said… By Nigel Savage, Jakir Manela, JTA Sep 9, 2021