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Dana Janine Diamond

Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM

America’s Farewell to Judeo

I conducted research on this since the election. A lot of people voted for Trump because they wanted Gorsuch, because their Christian religion values embryos equally or even over actual human life. This is not true in the Jewish...

Jan 31, 2018, 5:48 PM

This weekend, I rushed. But I started slowly. Anyone who has been to the University of Maryland on a Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, #terptuesday night, or really any night at all, knows that the Greek life, is, well,...

Jan 10, 2018, 10:09 AM

The rising tide of anti-Semitism

The very disturbing rising tide of anti-Semitism in the world should not be surprising to any person who has been monitoring the news on a regular basis. I am not referring to instances in the Middle East. Those are...

Dec 31, 2017, 11:44 PM

From LA 2017: Photos, Films, Architecture, Trumpism, +…

These days newspapers and TV channels publish retrospectives of 2017 and forecast possible events for 2018. In that vein, I include here selected photos we shot, films we saw and produced, architecture we recorded or selected, some thought on...

Anya Zhuravel Segal

Dec 25, 2017, 12:45 PM

Spreading the Light, Fighting the Darkness

The holiday of Hanukkah falls on the darkest time of the year. Jews worldwide light a candle on the first night, and add another one on every evening of the eight-day holiday, so that by the last night the...

Helen Maryles Shankman

Dec 24, 2017, 5:15 PM

A cure for Christmas envy

Snow-covered decorations at Dyker Heights, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY known for its extravagant displays every Christmas, on December 9, 2017. (iStock)

I loved the glorious tinsel and lights, the bubbly high spirits, the parties, and TV’s endless parade of happy families

Dec 24, 2017, 3:06 PM

The essence of Judaism and religion — Orthodox (faith) or Orthoprax (good deeds)

There is an ancient debate in the Talmudic tradition concerning the question as to the essence of Judaism and religion – faith or good deeds. Rashi (the great commentator of the 11th century) cites a debate between two great Talmudic...

Dec 22, 2017, 11:33 PM

The Attacks of a Tax Bill (Amalek’s Latest Weapon)

(Sermon delivered at Temple Israel of Boston, December 22, 2017) Last year a debate rippled across the Jewish community, when the prominent Jewish leader, Rabbi David Wolpe, railed against speaking politics from the pulpit. This was not a new argument—there...

Dec 22, 2017, 10:26 PM

The real saint on JDate

Illustrative. (iStock)

BTW, being Jewish is a real deal-breaker for me, so I hope you’re planning on converting

Dec 22, 2017, 1:17 PM

Takeaway From the Celebration of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin

I thought long and hard before deciding to write and post this piece. I know there are many who will dismiss what I have to say immediately. There will be those who will misrepresent the points I make. I...

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