Irving Greenberg
By Irving Greenberg
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Opinion There Is No Alternative to Day Schools
The day school movement is embattled. After significant growth over the past two decades, overall enrollment at non-Orthodox day schools has taken a slight downward turn in the past several years. Complaints that day-school education is just too expensive have surged. Leading philanthropists insist they get more bang for their buck from Birthright Israel, or…
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Opinion On Shavuot, a Covenantal Reminder
Tikkun olam — perfecting the world — is the belle of the ball of modern Jewish thought. And perhaps it deserves to be. The Jewish teaching that this planet can and will be transformed into a world of justice, equality, peace and human dignity has had a revolutionary impact on human history. But the coming…
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News Pope Oversaw Big Changes In Catholic-Jewish Relations
During his long reign as vicar of Rome, Pope John Paul II oversaw sweeping, historic changes in the Catholic Church and in the role of religion in world affairs. But none of the pope’s initiatives was more fundamental, or more emblematic of the man, than the transformation of Catholic-Jewish relations. The change began with Nostra…
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Opinion Belzec’s Victims Have Waited Long Enough for a Memorial
Between March and December 1942, more than 600,000 Jews were murdered in the Belzec killing camp in Poland. In 1943, to cover up the crime, the Nazis demolished the camp and dug up and burned hundreds of thousands of bodies. Ashes, bones and bodies were buried in chaotic fashion. Ever since, Belzec has been abused….
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Opinion (Orthodo)X-Men, On Screen and Off
In our May 23 issue, Ami Eden argued that the opposing forces in the blockbuster film, “X2: X-Men United,” could be interpreted as metaphor for two radical theological responses to the Holocaust — one belonging to Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, the other to the late Rabbi Meir Kahane. The good-guy mutants, Eden noted, are led…
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