Using Sephardic sources to create perfect moment of learning By Tamar Zaken Nov 30, 2022 Imagine a perfect moment of learning. How does it feel? What does it look like? Is it a deep, into-the-night chevruta (study session) with a friend? Or a moment of discovery by a third-grader after weeks of not understanding? Is it when a student is cheered on and supported by her peers when overcoming a… Read More
Local Voice How local elected officials like me can fight rising antisemitism On Nov. 19, messages promoting “White Power” sullied my welcoming and beautiful East Bay city. This came only a month after house-to-house dissemination… By Kevin Wilk Nov 28, 2022
First Person Club Q shooting raises the same old questions The shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs hit really close to home. Until last month, I served as the rabbi of Congregation P’nai Tikvah, a warm,… By Rabbi Jamie Hyams Nov 22, 2022
Opinion Comedians are as capable of antisemitic incitement as politicians Last week saw Dave Chappelle deliver a brilliant monologue on “Saturday Night Live” addressing the antisemitism controversies surrounding Kanye West and… By MaNishtana, JTA Nov 21, 2022
Letters Israel Philharmonic protesters respond; etc. How ethnic studies classes could poison generations A recent letter in J. (“Antisemitic threats aplenty,” Nov. 9) suggested that the risk of antisemitic… By J. Readers Nov 21, 2022
Local Voice To sustain our JCCs for years to come, vote with your feet I grew up attending a JCC preschool in Tampa in the 1990s, never knowing anything different than a vibrant, supportive Jewish community with a JCC at the… By Rachel Schonwetter Nov 16, 2022
Opinion Dave Chappelle got one thing right in his infamous SNL monologue In Saturday’s “SNL” monologue, Dave Chappelle offered a canny pro-tip to Kanye West. Trotting out a variation on George Carlin’s “Seven Words,” the… By PJ Grisar, Forward Nov 16, 2022
First Person Palestinian flags at the CJM? Try ‘listening’ to what the artist is saying. This essay appears as a part of a collaboration between J. and the Contemporary Jewish Museum to interpret artworks through a Jewish lens. The series… By Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan Nov 11, 2022
Letters Affordable Jewish senior options, please; etc. Affordable senior options, please I have received the J. for over 30 years. As my parent ages, it really upsets me to see all these articles on senior… By J. Readers Nov 9, 2022