Columnists

Adults are discussing some of the biggest headlines today and expressing shock, confusion and, in some cases, repulsion.

Bret Stephens was in dialogue with ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, focused on the fact that the war in Gaza has been merely an excuse for the global surge in violent, normalized antisemitism.

These are obviously exceedingly trying times for Israel and for the entire Jewish people.  But we must not lose heart and stop celebrating moments of happiness and success.

In a Jewish community as warm and supportive as the one we are blessed to know in West Los Angeles, no family celebrates a joyful milestone alone. Conversely, no family should struggle with illness or grief alone.

It’s impossible to predict in these early and volatile days what sort of relationship will develop between the Jewish state and the multi-headed coalition that may now rule Syria.

People today are looking for alternative ways to conclude their lives: being more in nature, reflecting, taking time to write, cry and laugh, see the sun slowly falling into the horizon and splashing the blue with warm soft colors.