If you love the Bible and God, then love children. Live children. By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, RNS May 27, 2022 Enough. Enough. Enough. I have had it. You have had it, as well. But, this is not the first time that I, and we, have said “enough.” Since Sandy Hook, this nation has experienced more than 3,500 mass shootings. A Black church in Charleston (2015). A government-funded nonprofit center in San Bernardino (2015). A gay… Read More
Opinion To stop sexual assault at summer camps, teach teens about consent In recent weeks, the Jewish community learned about a lawsuit involving a camper who sexually assaulted another camper at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires in… By Rabbi Daniel Brenner, Forward May 26, 2022
Opinion When it comes to gun control, why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel? The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, makes me want to scream. If you are a parent, or if you were ever a child, it’s impossible to read about… By Rob Eshman, Forward May 25, 2022
Letters Climate activists are ‘misguided’; Retirement homes are expensive Dayenu is ‘misguided’ Dayenu is to be commended for taking a stand for the environment to prevent a possible climate calamity (“Jewish climate protesters… By J. Readers May 25, 2022
Opinion The Buffalo shooter's extremist ideology is mainstream on the right The recent shooting in Buffalo has revived America’s dialogue around the “great replacement theory,” the conspiracy that the alleged gunman — and many… By Elad Nehorai, Forward May 24, 2022
First Person I remember the ‘coat hanger’ era of abortions. We can’t go back. As I write this, a political debate is raging in the United States between those who support Roe v. Wade and those who oppose it. I vividly remember the… By Rabbi Steven Chester May 23, 2022
Opinion California Jews, enough with your green, grassy cemeteries Jewish law has a lot to say about what’s supposed to happen when you die: your lifeless body must be washed and buried quickly, with a simple headstone to… By Rob Eshman, Forward May 23, 2022
Local Voice How the Jewish community can do divorce better My teacher, colleague and friend, Rachel Brodie (z”l) died recently. As I tended to my sadness and showed up to support her family at the funeral and… By Rabbi Deborah Newbrun May 17, 2022
Opinion From Charleston to Pittsburgh to Buffalo, their blood cries out If you are of a certain age, the historical event that shaped your life, beyond any other, was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. If you were… By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, RNS May 16, 2022