mitzvahs Archives – Jewish Journal

The Sacred Space of Light

Karen Lehrman Bloch March 31, 2020

Letters to the Editor: Prager on murder, Spiritual care, Christmas Mitzvah, Seeking former students

Jewish Journal January 2, 2013

It is quite something to read Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion dean Joshua Holo’s caricature Dennis Prager as reckless, heedless, gratuitously hostile and a provocateur “painting in broad strokes of facile caricature” (Letters, Dec. 21), when that is precisely what he, not Prager, does.

Death in the Hood

David Suissa February 23, 2007

The service was heartfelt, but it was also unsettling. There was a kind of emotional chaos in the air — almost a reluctance to accept that a beautiful life could be taken away from someone so God-fearing and life-giving.

Mixed Message

Julie Wiener August 9, 2001

Results of the two new studies are mixed enough that translating them into policy recommendations will not be easy.

To Go or Not to Go?

Rob Eshman June 21, 2001

Our phone calls and e-mails and dinner-table conversations echo the larger debate taking place between America and Israel. Is it safe? Does canceling demonstrate a lack of support to family and friends? Do we have the right to take our children to potentially dangerous areas to demonstrate that support?