Opinion

A cartoon by George Freedman

Amid the revelation of the Duxbury football team using Auschwitz in its plays, focusing on rehabilitation more than on punishment may be more constructive. Were the team and coach filled with hate, or merely woefully...

Until this week, Duxbury was mostly known for its well-groomed streets, homes and beaches. But now, its town and school administrators are trying to explain away an anti-Semitism that is apparently rooted in the culture...

What Israelis call “The Forever Election” continues this week, but don’t expect final results for weeks, even months. It’s only appropriate to ask, as Israelis voted this week – on the eve of Passover –...

Between “Next Year in Jerusalem” and our last year in Jerusalem, we went viral. For better and worse, in sickness and health, and, yes, for life and for death. We lost two of our closest...

The flight to Palm Springs California traverses the great deserts of Utah, Arizona and California. Red rock mountains plateau to brown mesa palettes channeled with gray wash erosions. No floods will flash today among the...

A cartoon by Hersh Goldman

We are so grateful to Arthur Epstein and Bryna Litchman for all their efforts in making this a better community for us all. Their challenge and generosity to the Jewish Journal is admirable, and we...

I’d like to clarify some points that were printed in the previous edition of the Jewish Journal. Two weeks ago, we were made aware of the recent appearance of a small display of an anti-Semitic...