First Person Remembering Sadie, Sadie the Rabbi Lady, revolutionary drag queen The first thing I noticed was a glimmer of rhinestone. I gasped as I gently pulled back the clouds of tissue paper. Nestled within was an all-black, Star… By Rachel Greiner, Alma Jan 14, 2022
Local Voice Can’t I even define my own hatred? Antisemitism is real When did antisemitism disappear? I don’t mean the act of Jew-hatred — unfortunately, that seems to be surviving and thriving. I mean the act of defining… By Anastasia Torres-Gil Jan 14, 2022
Tu B'Shevat How to put viable climate solutions into the hands of the people I’m a clean energy entrepreneur. I am also proudly Jewish. For me, being Jewish in our complicated and interdependent world demands applying guiding… By David Arfin Jan 13, 2022
Opinion Rabbi: Responsive readings? Congregation: Yaawwwn Let us read responsively. Rabbi: Did you see that Facebook meme going around? Congregation: Which Facebook meme? Rabbi: The one about responsive readings.… By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin, RNS Jan 11, 2022
Food At long last, premium Israeli whisky is here — was it worth the wait? This piece first appeared in the Forward. I’ve never anticipated a dram of whisky as much as the Milk & Honey APEX Dead Sea. I was waiting for over… By Dan Friedman, Forward Jan 10, 2022
Religion What Rabbi Leo Baeck can teach us on Tu B’Shevat I imagine that Leo Baeck, the 20th-century German Reform rabbi, would frown quizzically at an outdoor Tu B’Shevat retreat in a Northern California… By George Altshuler Jan 10, 2022
Opinion What a recent report gets wrong about DEI and antisemitism This piece first appeared in the Forward. A recent Heritage Foundation report claims that university Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices are so… By Steven Lubet, Forward Jan 7, 2022
First Person Let’s follow Buster Posey’s example in our own marriages What fan of the San Francisco Giants won’t miss Buster Posey? Still at the top of his game, the seven-time all-star who won three World Series with… By Marcia Naomi Berger Jan 6, 2022
Letters Cutting ties with CAIR; Keeping politics out of synagogue; etc. Parsing Zionism Elliot Helman’s Dec. 22 letter to the editor (Letters, “Zionism is not Judaism”) deserves a respectful and thoughtful response. It… By J. Readers Jan 5, 2022