Lying for the cause

By Dennis Prager
Published on August 22, 2012

There are many admirable values. The list includes, of course, goodness, integrity and compassion.

I love you, Grandma, so I tell you lies

By Teresa Strasser
Published on October 29, 2008

Who shall live and who shall die: God’s iPhone, Rosh Hashanah 5769

Published on September 26, 2008

The U'netaneh Tokef prayer says: On Rosh Hashanah it is inscribed, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed: Who shall live and who shall die, who shall perish by water and who by fire, who by famine and who by thirst . God's got it on His iPhone, of course.

Is our fate really sealed? Is change possible?

By Marty Kaplan
Published on September 25, 2008

Within the calendar that constitutes the Jewish cathedral in time, no days are more saturated with the experience of human nature, and with experiments in human change, than the Days of Awe. This is when we are asked, paradoxically, both to steep in our powerlessness to escape our species' fate, and yet also to try out behaviors that can rescue us from our destinies.

John McCain is in big trouble

By Raphael J. Sonenshein
Published on September 21, 2008

Dating dramas

By Orit Arfa
Published on July 16, 2008

I don't allow myself to become vulnerable. I don't honestly share my likes and dislikes, my strengths and insecurities. I worry too much about what the guy wants to hear rather than what I truly want to say.

Deal or No Deal

By Debra L. Eckerling
Published on November 16, 2006

Some women would argue that your expectations should go down the longer you are single. I say a deal breaker is a deal breaker, and the fact that you have turned 28
for several years in a row doesn't mean you should dismiss core things you want in a guy.

There’s A Message in the Sounds of the Shofar

By Arnold M. Eisen
Published on September 7, 2006

The New Year is a time at once joyful and solemn for Jews, because it marks a new beginning for each of us. It carries the assurance that we all do get a second chance and urges us to seize hold of it.

To Tell the Truth

By Caroline Cobrin
Published on July 6, 2006

A little embellishment here and there isn't so bad -- creativity and a sense of humor are always great things. But there are just certain things that you should never lie about.

Scheduled Relaxation

By JoAnneh Nagler
Published on June 15, 2006

As the years have gone by, I realize I'd just as soon be alone than continue to go through cycles of head-spinning effort with someone in exchange for a couple of moments of grace. So I don't do that anymore. And though this kind of spiritual honesty has created an ease in my nervous system (and a welcome death to that horrible intimate uncertainty of giving myself where it's not appreciated), I have to stop and wonder, have I become overworked and underplayed?

Letters

Published on February 23, 2006

Letters to the Editor

Mama Said…

By Lori Gottlieb
Published on June 9, 2005

No disrespect to our mothers, but courtship rituals have changed since they were dating. So forget all their antiquated rules.

Jesus’ Death Now Debated by Jews

By Eric J. Greenberg
Published on October 9, 2003

The controversy over Mel Gibson's upcoming film about the death of Jesus has spurred painful exchanges between Jews and Christians and progressive and traditional Catholics in recent days. To date, the debates have centered on the "proper" interpretation of the role of Jews in Jesus' Crucifixion, as presented in the four Gospels.

Mother Weathers Terror’s ‘Storm’

By Helen Schary Motro
Published on October 3, 2002

Either excoriated as illegal conquerors or praised as pioneers, Jews living in the territories conquered by Israel in the Six-Day War are never portrayed neutrally.