By Bill Simons
Navigating the American Christmas season is not easy for many Jews. Christmas music, lights, decorations, movies, cards, gifts, greetings and good cheer appear almost everywhere – but we are not really part of it. Relating the Hanukkah story of the Maccabees across the gene…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
By the time this newspaper appears in people’s mailboxes, I will have officially retired as executive editor of The Reporter. My last day was December 25. I still plan to write book reviews (I so overwrote for the last book centerfold that I already have one writt…
By Suzanne Holwitt and Shelley Hubal
“It’s when the winds blow the hardest that you need the deepest roots.” – Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
Dear friends, the wind is blowing like a hurricane. We are seeing antisemitism spread rapidly and viciously all over the world. The Bondi Beach m…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
What is a columnist to do when there are far too many distressing things to write about to do any of them justice? That includes the call for the executions of members of Congress who rightly reminded American soldiers that they are not to obey illegal orders. (Anyo…
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Years ago, a friend challenged her Facebook friends to post something daily for which they were grateful during the month of November. It was an interesting exercise and mine ranged from the personal to societal, including such things as modern medicine, electricity…
