This past week, NBA player Meyers Leonard was caught on a livestream yelling an anti-Semetic slur during a video game. He is not the first person to be caught using hate speech, in the realm of athletics...
It is clear that anti-Semitism is on the rise in the West. However, while it is imperative to condemn and combat the insidieousness of anti-Semitism, we must not in turn scapegoat other marginalized groups...
A few weeks ago, I had dinner with a staff member from a prominent campus Christian organization. After an amicable first few minutes, I was told after a few questions that because I was Jewish, I couldn’t...
I was raised a reform Jew in a Northern Virginia congregation which didn’t have the largest Jewish population, but enough to make up a decent-sized community. I also participated in a regional youth...
The decline of conventional religious observance is a well-documented trend in contemporary society. However, this trend, especially for contemporary Jews, does not diminish the salience of religious identity....
