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Though my mother’s death was anything but unexpected, when she did breathe her last breath just one month short of 91 years, I had simply not thought about whether I would say Kaddish or not. True, I had been caught up with caring for her, worrying about my father, mentally planning the eulogy, and Kaddish […]

In a wide ranging public discussion held June 4 on Zoom, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman spoke with Jewish Week editor-in-chief Andrew Silow-Carroll about the coronavirus pandemic, the global forces leaving societies vulnerable to crisis, and the situation in Israel. In tying together these and other hot topics – including global warming and unchecked […]