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A galley of Philip Roth's novel "Operation Shylock," with the author's hand-written notations, is on display at the Newark Public Library. In 2016, Roth announced he was leaving his personal collection of 7,000 books, from his Manhattan and Connecticut homes, to the library. (Newark Public Library)

Daily Update

CUNY faculty condemns Israeli ‘massacres’ • AOC defends Ilhan Omar • Bibi’s charm? Offensive!

By Jewish Week staff

Parshat Korach

Even Evildoers Get It Right Sometimes

By Freema Gottlieb

Korach may be a villain, but his words contain some sparks of light.

Rabbi David Wolpe

MusingsWhy Jewish Hatred Is Different

Philip Roth in Aix en Provence, France, in 1999. (Pascal Parrot/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images)

Philip Roth Deserves Better Than a Tarnished Biography

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

There’s a lot to dislike about his vast body of work, but he remains ‘a writer of substance and vision.’

Sun 13

Amulets, Red Threads and Brachot: The World of Jewish Women’s Practice

June 13 , 10:30 am

Sun 13

The Rebbe’s Impact on Jewish Life in the Ozarks

June 13 , 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Mon 14

Home and Exile, Center and Periphery: Ambivalent Journeys in the Torah

June 14 , 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Tue 15

Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy

June 15 , 6:00 pm

Thu 17

Annual Sunset Soiree with Dr. Ruth Westheimer

June 17 , 7:00 pm

Full CoverageOpinion

Opinion
Why Benjamin Netanyahu Treated Jewish Media with Contempt

By Gary Rosenblatt
Kveller
This Pride Month, My Family Is Connecting the Dots Between Judaism and Queerness

By Shelly Jay Shore
Editor's Desk
A Hostile New York Times Is Not Israel’s Biggest Problem

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The View From Campus
If Jews Don’t Stand Up for Immigrant Children, Who Will?

By Carly Kabot
Opinion
How a ‘Wokestorm’ Is Misleading a Generation About Israel

By Avram Mlotek
Opinion
My Father Survived a Pogrom in Baghdad. I Still Hope for Jewish-Arab Engagement in Iraq.

By Liran Yechiel
Editor's Desk
The Precarious Future of Pro-Israel Activism

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Opinion
Pew’s Message to Jewish Educators: Change or Else

By David Bryfman
Opinion
Young Jews Are Turning Away from Israel. What Will Get Them to Turn Back?

By Gary Rosenblatt
Opinion
It’s Time to Reopen. Synagogues Should Lead the Way.

By Rabbi Joshua M. Davidson
Opinion
I Buried Hundreds of Old Jewish Books. Inside Each Was a Jewish Heart.

By Jeremy Kalmanofsky
Opinion
What Will It Take for Me to Go Back to Synagogue?

By Gary Rosenblatt
Editor's Desk
Can the Continuity Agenda Be Saved? Should It Be?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Opinion
How Jewish Communities Are Failing Victims of Domestic Violence

By Shoshannah D. Frydman
Opinion
The Japanese Americans Who Liberated Dachau Knew All Too Well the Toll of Bigotry

By Hana Rudolph
Opinion
Zionism’s New Global Mission

By Isaac Herzog and Omer Yankelevitch
Opinion
Ending Solitary Confinement in New York Is a Win for Jewish Values

By Rabbi Lester Bronstein
Opinion
A House Bill on Israel Is Flawed, but Our Jewish Civil War Is Worse

By Yehuda Kurtzer
Opinion
Sorry, but Zoom Judaism Just Isn’t the Real Thing

By Rabbi Eli L. Garfinkel
Opinion
The IHRA Definition of Anti-Semitism Puts Jews on the Wrong Side of the First Amendment

By Jerome Alain Chanes

Full CoverageJOFA Blog

Parshat Mishpatim: Voices in the Gates

By Rabbi Alana Suskin
Prayer Upon Receiving the Vaccine for COVID-19

By Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe
Matan Torah: A New Creation Narrative

By Talia Weisberg
Manspreading in the Women’s Section: Keep Your Distance

By Deborah Kotz
Parshat Beshalach: An Ode to Miriam

By Naima Hirsch
Reflections on Parshat Bo

By Erin Leib Smokler
JOFA Blog
Tu BiShvat, Inauguration, and the Winter Trees

By Lisi Levisohn
JOFA Blog
A Tribute to Rabbi Kelemer

By Ann D. Koffsky
Parshat Vaera Room to Breathe: Seeking Agency in Narrow Places

By Adina Roth
JOFA Blog
A PrayerFull Moment

By Rabbanit Leah Sarna
JOFA Blog
Tzfat Women’s Collective Megillah Scribes

By Chaya Ben Baruch, Susan Zehavi, Allison Ofanansky and Sheva Chaya Shaiman
Parshat Shemot Counting Stars

By Yael Smooha
Wondrous Women of the Exodus

By Daphne Lazar Price
Parshat Vayechi Death, Closure, and Hope

By Rivka Wietchner
JOFA Blog
The Many Blessings of Parshat VaYechi

By Dani Kogan
Parshat Vayigash Show Up, Speak Up, Stand Up

By Adina Fredman
JOFA Blog
Parshat Miketz – Resilient We Remain

By Nomi Kaltmann
JOFA Blog
Confronting the Darker Side of Hanukkah

By Ginna Green
Parshat Vayeshev Deceptions and Higher Callings

By Tamar Green Eisenstat
JOFA Blog
My Body For Myself

By Hannah Wenger Tam