By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
A new genre of biblical commentary has appeared over the past few years. Rather than doing a line-by-line discussion of the text, these commentators use the text as a starting point to explore contemporary moral and ethical problems. One recent example is “The Bo…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
An author once commented that she enjoyed seeing her book “in conversation” with another in one of my reviews. I’d never thought about my work in those terms, but I often try to pair books with similar themes because the reviews are more interesting to write …
By Reporter staff
A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available.
ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal will hold the virtual program “Systems, Patt…
By Bill Simons
The official registry of the game lists two players named Greenberg who played Major League Baseball. One of them was, of course, Hall of Fame slugger Hank Greenberg. The other major league Greenberg was Adam, the Jewish “Moonlight” Graham.
Archie “Moonlight” Graham …
By Anne Rothenberg
Each summer for the past 25 years, five couples, former and current Binghamton residents, have been gathering for a “Binghamton Reunion.” Living in a community where many people were transplants, these couples became each others’ extended family during their Bingham…
