Shaul Magid, who has studied and written about Reb Zalman’s teachings and impact, wrote this obituary for the Forward. Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, one of the
The new doc by frequent Jewschool guest blogger Eli Ungar-Sargon is premiering on July 3. If you are in New York go see it. The
This guest post by Stuart Tochner is a response to Aryeh Cohen’s piece on Ta-Nehisi Coates’ essay “The Case for Reparations.” Cohen’s post can be
Ta-Nehisi Coates has powerfully opened a conversation about reparations. Though not a new topic, it remains an explosive topic. Race is not a subject that is
כל דכפין ייתי ויכול כל דצריך ייתי ויפסח “All who are hungry come and eat. All who are in need, come and enjoy the Passover
The story is told of a very prominent rabbi in Europe before World War II who was approached by a freshly minted colleague who had
Thirty thousand people are killed each year by gun violence. First we need to mourn. Not only the children of privilege whose lives are mourned
x-posted to Justice in the City The question, twenty years after Baruch Goldstein slaughtered 29 Palestinians at prayer, wounding tens more, is this: How can
Shaul Magid, over at Tikkun, argues that the settler movement and Neturai Karta are equally anti-Zionist. What do you think? There are arguably no two
What to do about shul? And about prayer? And about God? The Jewish people are in crisis. The synagogue is in crisis. And, of course,
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