by Fred Guttman | Mar 23, 2021 | Opinion
We have a wonderful family in our congregation wherein the mother is from the Philippines and the father is Jewish. The four boys in the family are being raised as Jews. Last week, the 13-year-old son, whose Bar Mitzvah Torah portion is from Leviticus, revised his...
by Fred Guttman | Oct 28, 2020 | Opinion
We have an opportunity on Nov. 9 to come together with people throughout the planet and take a stand against all forms of bias, bigotry, racism and anti-Semitism. Throughout the world, in commemoration of the anniversary of the terrible anti-Jewish riot known as... by Nick Lear | May 30, 2017 | Opinion
Hate has been bothering me lately. Not, I hasten to add, because I am feeling hated, and not because I hate someone else. I was reading some comments online from someone I don’t know but whom I respect about the level of negative, critical, judgmental, cruel and... by Tony W. Cartledge | Jun 20, 2015 | Opinion
I suspect many people had not heard of “Juneteenth” before this week, when the 150th anniversary of the celebration followed by just two days the heartless murder of nine black worshipers in Charleston’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal... by Roger Olson | Apr 24, 2015 | Opinion
Both the political and religious left and the political and religious right do it. It’s become the strategy of choice for ideologues who want to manipulate public opinion for a cause. It’s a sure sign of demagoguery and ought to be called out....
