4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (282+ words) By David J. Benger Same meal. Same neighbors. Different rules. On Aug. 25, the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that this arrangement is not merely strange. It is unconstitutional. The Office of Legal Counsel is the component of the Justice…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (608+ words) In 1897, more than 200 Jewish delegates from 17 countries (including five Americans) gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for three days—from Aug. 29 to Aug. 31—for an audacious purpose: to transform the ancient Jewish longing for Zion into an organized political movement. Convened by…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (619+ words) By David J. Butler As we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the High Holy Days invite us to take stock of ourselves. We think about the year that is ending and the one about to begin. We reflect on the kind of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (436+ words) I am thrilled to announce I have joined Mid-Atlantic Media as the new editor of Washington Jewish Week. We will work to deepen our engagement with our audience and create a publication that people turn to not only for news,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (251+ words) Israel has every reason to be worried about Turkey’s growing military presence in Syria. It also has every reason not to turn that concern into a war with Turkey. Israel cannot simply watch that happen without asking where Turkish involvement…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (853+ words) This being Israel, everyone has an opinion. And the more personally it applies to someone, the more conviction in the opinions expressed. So it has been since Oct. 7, 2023, with a continued presence in the Upper Galilee. In 2009, along with our…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (796+ words) Jody Goldsmith and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi As we approach the High Holidays, we have much to celebrate and, understandably, reasons to worry. Fortunately, Jews in Baltimore and the Greater Washington area have long benefited from strong Jewish federations and Jewish…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (748+ words) For years, a cheap airline ticket made the Jewish state feel almost European. An Israeli could fly to Warsaw for the weekend, a student in Milan could visit family in Israel, and a European Jew could travel to Tel Aviv…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (464+ words) By Warren H. Cohn Full disclosure: Chai Lifeline is a client. I have spent years telling their story professionally, placing coverage of the camps, the crisis teams, the volunteers who show up when a family hears the worst sentence a doctor…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (437+ words) Something deeply troubling is happening in American publishing. What may have begun as hostility toward Israel and Zionism increasingly appears to be bleeding into something broader: discomfort with Jews and Jewish identity itself. The evidence is becoming difficult to dismiss....