by Colin Harris | Oct 16, 2020 | Opinion
The year was 20 – not 2020, just 20. Two thousand years ago, long before the issues dominating our headlines and news cycles were anywhere close to the horizon, there was a faith community with a covenant deeply rooted in a long history. On the edge of a mighty empire...
by Jack Moline | May 12, 2020 | Opinion
I was half-listening to one of those breathless “true-crime” programs after a long day when the story grabbed my attention. The episode was about the tragic saga of a young man who committed suicide after being encouraged by his girlfriend. The correspondent went to...
by Bruce Nolan | Nov 2, 2011 | News
METAIRIE, La. (RNS) Until recently, two remarkable stories surrounded the beautiful hand-lettered Torah scroll at Congregation Beth Israel Story No. 1 was that the scroll was nearly lost in the Ukraine during the Holocaust, then recently rescued and impeccably...
by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Jan 15, 2009 | Opinion
Darwin wouldn’t daven anywhere, since davvenen (prayer) is a Jewish form of worship and Darwin was a Christian. But let’s not be so narrow. The real question is: Where can a scientifically sophisticated thinking Jew go to experience a liturgy that does not insult her...
