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OP-ED: An inauspicious anniversary

This weekend we remember 11 victims of violence and seething anti-Semitism on the one-year anniversary of the attack at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life/ L’Or Simcha Synagogue. We remember them because they represented the very foundation of every thriving synagogue. These...

OP-ED: The Kurds, Trump and forgotten Zionist history

By MOSHE PHILLIPS 

Various media outlets criticized President Trump over one of his defenses of his decision to remove American troops who were assisting Kurdish fighters in Syria.

“They didn’t help us in the Second World War,”...

OP-ED: A wickedly tragic collapse downtown

By ALAN SMASON

A sleepy Shabbat morning was shattered October 12 with a tumultuous roar as tons of concrete, rebar and reinforcing steel shattered to the earth and pancaked floors above, unleashing a cloud of rubble from the Hard Rock...

OP-ED: The Halle attack was a watershed moment for German Jews. Will the German government rise to the challenge?

By RABBI PINCHAS GOLDSCHMIDT

MOSCOW (JTA) —The deadly attack against a synagogue in Halle by a far-right extremist on Yom Kippur could have ended not unlike the Pittsburgh massacre or the attack against a mosque in New Zealand, with dozens...

OP-ED: Can we keep Trump out of Yom Kippur?

By DAVID SUISSA

( – Whether U.S. President Donald Trump deserves to be impeached or not, with Yom Kippur just around the corner, the question on my mind is: How much should we allow politics to take over our holiest...

OP-ED: What working as a prosecutor has taught me about Yom Kippur

(Editor’s note: The author is an active prosecutor in a major U.S. city. Due to the nature of their work, they must write anonymously. )

(JTA) — The court officer calls out the calendar number and reads the docket into...

OP-ED: The year of living dangerously

A year ago, the New Orleans area Jewish community was challenged to come to terms with anti-Semitic tropes spray-painted on the exterior walls of the Northshore Jewish Congregation by white supremacists.

Only a month later, though, the reality of how...

OP-ED: Alex Borstein’s ‘Step out of line’ speech at the Emmys was a perfect display of Jewish pride

By JORDANA HORN

SHORT HILLS, N.J. (JTA) — Whether you watched the Emmys on Sunday night or or not, chances are you’ve been privy since the broadcast to what was likely the Jewiest moment of the show: Alex Borstein’s acceptance...

OP-ED: New Jersey makes strides to protect pro-Israel students on college campuses

By SARA CHERNYAK

 – How does one distinguish anti-Semitism from legitimate criticism of Israel? The answer is rather simple: One can criticize Israel and its government just as one would any other nation and its government. Far too often,...

OP-ED: Iran saw Bolton’s firing as Trump’s weakness

By MARK LANGFAN

President Trump famously brags that he doesn’t read very much.  Well, before President Trump recently fired National Security Advisor John Bolton, he should have at least watched the recently released “John Wick, Parabellum” aka John Wick 3.0. ...