Opinion

Ukraine: Can We Detach the Present From the Past?

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — One’s heart goes out to the Ukrainian men, women, and children caught up in the devastating and unprovoked attack on their country by their powerful and greedy neighbor, Russia. The sight of women carrying children as they tramp along frozen roads and fields in an attempt to find […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Holocaust, International, Opinion

Teacher Training on Antisemitism? How About Common Sense

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Kevin Kline’s character Otto from A Fish Called Wanda was outdone by Alabama high school officials who demanded that a Jewish student apologize for something he did not do and disregarded any thought of apologizing for his teacher’s action — leading his class in a Nazi-like salute. Unlike the

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Why Did the Jewish Federations’ Umbrella Ease Up on Gun-Safety Laws?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — On the same day, a Jewish candidate for mayor was assaulted by a gun-toting intruder in his office in Louisville, Ky., and the Jewish Federations’ umbrella organization altered its priority list by removing advocacy for gun-violence prevention. Fortunately, Craig Greenberg survived an incident on Monday, Feb. 21, when the

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

Moral Resolve Needed in Justin Trudeau Swastika Controversy

By Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has demonstrated a talent for adding fuel to an already combustive situation. He accused conservative Jewish members of the Canadian Parliament of supporting the swastika. One Jewish member happened to be Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman, who became the first Jewish

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Holocaust, International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Opinion

Gazpacho Police Overshadows News About Antisemitism

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Tracking Nancy Pelosi’s Gazpacho police must be a rigorous chore, yet the idiocy of the congresswoman who fabricated the story hardly compares with blocking the appointment of an antisemitism monitor or undermining the attorney-general over disruptions at local school board meetings that weaponize antisemitism. Republican members of Congress are

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

A Quiet Crisis in Ukraine

By Ariel Zwang (JNS) As the pendulum continues to swing between diplomacy and possible conflict in Ukraine, a quiet crisis of human need is spreading out across the country. While not the dramatic stuff of front-page news, it’s impacting the most vulnerable people—the poor and elderly, especially—and its toll materializes in a tragic choice between

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International, Opinion