In NYC, Itamar Ben-Gvir says he’s changed — and wants ‘the Trump plan’ in Gaza
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By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
“That’s exactly why the Jews didn’t leave Germany.” That comment was made by a friend who is so upset with the political situation in our country that she is plann...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Greenland and Canada
If you had told me last year the United States would threaten war to annex territory in Europe and start an economic battle with one of our greatest ...
By Bill Simons
By temperament and action, former President Biden stands within the Catholic social justice tradition in opposition to bigotry and intolerance. Throughout his long life, Biden has h...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
An increasing number of books are offering female role models for Jewish tweens and teens to emulate. However, that doesn’t mean that adults won’t also find much to en...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Writing a review of book that turns out to be very different from what you expected can be difficult. For example, I mistakenly thought “Conceived in Hope: The Struggles...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Years ago, an author told me that she enjoyed seeing her novel “in dialogue” with a second book. I’d never phrased it that way before, but, when two books inform eac...