by Jack Moline | Jun 9, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
I have always loved stories, which makes me especially grateful that my faith tradition is filled with them. One such story, from the Hassidic legacy, was told by Rabbi Moshe Lieb Erblich, who is also known as the Sassover Rav. He told of entering a tavern in his...
by Jack Moline | Jun 7, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The Biden administration released its long-anticipated National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism in late May. As an American Jew, I was heartened by the unequivocal way that the document took on what is known as “the world’s oldest hate.” It is almost certainly...
by Jack Moline | Jun 2, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
This is serious business, but it may not seem that way at first. It has been 50 years since I graduated high school (New Trier East), and I am fortunate to still have some friends from those days. Bob Elisberg is a screenwriter in Los Angeles. He has a blog and writes...
by Jack Moline | May 12, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
The author Cormac McCarthy wrote a book called The Road. It is absolutely exquisite while, at the same time, absolutely brutal. Read it at your own peril. In the course of the story, which I will not recount here, a father realizes the price of remembering his life...
by Jack Moline | Apr 14, 2023 | Feature|Opinion
My long-time friend David Currie is the grandson of James Manson “Manse” Patton. David’s grandfather, from Paint Rock, Texas, ran a bank. He ran it on this principle: “A man’s character is his best collateral.” I am not going to try to interpret or deconstruct these...
