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Comedian Dave Chappelle in the “The Closer,” 2021. Credit: Netflix.

Dave Chappelle was more than just funny, he was right

Offering absolution in exchange for checks made out to organizations that “fight hate” is worth laughing at.

November 15, 2022

Kanye West. Source: Twitter.

Why I wouldn’t sign the petition to cancel Kanye

Cancel culture never stops at “legitimate” targets and often overlooks inconvenient ones.

October 30, 2022

An illustration of a lit menorah in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Dec. 16, 2020. Photo by Mendy Hechtman/Flash90.

A lost tribe and a lost holiday

“This Hanukkah will be very special,” says Hanan Singsit, “because we will celebrate it where the Maccabees prevailed. Their victory is now our victory, too.”

November 26, 2021

Synagogue interior. Credit: Pixabay.

Another year, another political lecture from the pulpit?

Rabbis in the midst of preparing social-action sermons might want to reconsider their topics.

August 27, 2021

Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Frisch moment

Difficult as it may be, teachers are expected to say “no” to an improper request and to help students understand why using a school forum for their own political agenda is, in fact, improper.

June 17, 2021

Members of the Ivgy family celebrate the Jewish Moroccan celebration of Mimuna in the Southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, April 15, 2020. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90.

Sephardic envy at Passover time

More than culinary delicacies and close-knit families, I see in these communities something that I used to take for granted in Ashkenazi American Jewish life just a few decades ago: unapologetic pride in Israel.

March 30, 2021

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Black-Jewish dialogue in American needs a reset

If we want our communities to truly partner again, we have to remember what made us partners in the first place—not guilt, not resentment, not the color of our skin and not even oppression.

January 20, 2021

A college campus protest against Israel. Credit: www.hamasoncampus.org.

After the BDS fight …

Have we made a case to Jews and pro-Israel allies on campus as to why they should support Israel once the attacks against the Jewish state become fewer and less impactful?

December 18, 2020