Issue of July 2, 2010/ 20 Tammuz, 5770 Distorting McCarthy To the Editor: Representative Carolyn McCarthy has clarified her position on the flotilla. Howard Kopel is still playing … more

Ask Aviva Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 Dear Aviva, I frequent a local eatery where a male worker makes me feel very uncomfortable. He often looks me up and down, calls me … more

The Kosher Bookworm by Alan Jay Gerber Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 Before reading this essay please consider the following thought from Rabbi Abraham Kon from his work, “Siach … more

Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 The price of being naive To the Editor: As a 7-term Congresswoman, serving a district in which thousands of Jewish families reside, one would think … more

I'm thinking by Micah Halpern Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 The American Jewish community is deeply concerned about the way in which Israel was portrayed in the aftermath of the … more

Parshat Balak by Rabbi Avi Billet Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 One of the most difficult things for people to say is “I was wrong.” It is even harder to say, and really mean, … more

From the other side of the bench by David Seidemann Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 When the Amalekites met the Jewish people in the desert, they changed the way they spoke. They … more

Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 As parents, we all take a certain amount of abuse. We can be embarrassed when our children have a crying fit in the supermarket or will not stop screaming on a … more

In my view by Anne Klein Issue of June 25, 2010/ 13 Tammuz, 5770 I’m still shaking as I think about what I had the misfortune to experience last week. Getting into my car on Cedarhurst … more

In my view by Micah Halpern Issue of June 18, 2010/ 6 Tammuz 5770 I have been thinking quite a lot about satire lately. I was stimulated by the 9-minute web video lampooning the Turkish … more