Opinion
Our Community’s Collective Fight against Hate and Antisemitism
The Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Chabad synagogue of Poway, Calif. A Chanukah celebration in Monsey, N.Y. A march in Charlottesville, Va. A kosher grocery store in Jersey City, N.J. For Jewish Americans, these have come to symbolize some of our worst...
Why We Need Thanksgiving This Year More than Ever
By Daniel Treiman Americans are in desperate need of some common ground. That’s why this year, Thanksgiving isn’t coming a day too soon. No matter our political views, religious beliefs or if we hail from the reddest rural regions or bluest urban areas, Americans on...
Counting Your Blessings
I’d like to share a game with you that could change your life. I’ve never publicly written about this, but have been playing it for months now and can honestly say that when done properly, it can be transformative. I call it the “Thank...
Takeaways from this Year’s Elections from a Stateside and Local Perspective
Exactly one year ago, the Baltimore Jewish Council hosted an event aimed at strengthening and unifying the Park Heights community. It was a cold, dark night, but nearly 200 residents from across Northwest Baltimore joined us. One of our featured guests was Park...
Fear Beneath a Curtain of Harmony
I was walking around my neighborhood the other morning, as I often do, especially during these days of COVID. It is a good to be able to connect personally, physically, with neighbors as they go by. As I was passing one particular driveway, a car approached and...
Jmore Endorses Joe Biden for President
It’s time for our long national nightmare to end. It’s time we had a president who respected science and led a commonsense approach to the pandemic. It’s time that we had a president who didn’t think locking children in cages and separated from their mothers was...
William Z. Fox: Why I’m Concerned about Our Future
Let me be clear, notwithstanding the title of this article, I am very hopeful for our future. However, not too many years ago, I would have used the word optimistic. And while I am an eternal optimist, today I would be remiss in not saying I’m concerned about our...
Meeting Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Changed My Life
The Supreme Court has had a file on me since I was 13. In 2011, I wrote a letter every week to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hoping for a reply. I kept a tally: 40 letters to 1 First St. NE, zero replies. When I learned that thousands of letters landed in the Supreme...
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Work Will be Carried on by Those Inspired by Her Legacy
When there are nine. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg famously responded that there would be “enough” women on the Supreme Court “when there are nine.” A statement that reflected her aspiration for a world where being a woman was no longer a rarity for decision-makers...Upcoming Events
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