Over the past few months, I have written a few columns that expressed how being Jewish in America feels like being politically abandoned by both sides. Let me clarify that this sentiment is directed at the extremes of both sides. I’ve touched on feeling lost within my own party, where all …
Last week, I shared an explanation of why I don’t write critically about contentious issues in Israel in this forum. Today, I’m going to partially break that self-imposed rule. I apologize for the contradiction, not the criticism.
Last week, a lone IDF soldier who had spent more than 74…
Almost as long as I’ve been writing these messages - give or take three years now - many readers have emailed or messaged me asking me to weigh in or take sides on some of the critical and sometimes contentious issues being debated and even fought over in Israel and among the Jewish people…
Today, my family marks four years since the passing of my sister Sari Shalmon, A’H. As I stood in shul this morning, preparing to say kaddish in her memory, I wondered what she would make of the world that has evolved for us since she left us, far before her time.
As a mother of two wonde…
I often write about the work Federation has done to create a security infrastructure in Rockland, as part of a regional and nationwide network working with Jewish institutions, law enforcement, and government, training and leveraging thousands of volunteers, consulting and accessing tens of …
