Voices

Submissions from members of our community. (Archived columns from Bulletin columnists).

Ideas and Impressions: Environment is finally a top-tier issue

Who could have known in 1985 that it would take 35 years to get the environment on the agenda as a top-tier, serious, burning matter?

Modern Mishpocha: Who’s excited for Purim?

By Jenny T. Burns

Let’s be honest. It’s pretty easy to get our families excited about Chanukah. There are presents, fried foods, special wrapping paper in grocery stores, Chanukah greeting cards, memorable storybooks like Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblins, and there’s even the occasio…

Mailbag: Book review

I recently came across Rubin Friedman's review of my newly republished book, Child of the Holocaust, in your February 4, 2019 edition, in which he compares my book to Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird.

During the 50 years my book has been in print, it has garnered many reviews in the Engl…

Focus on Fitness: Exercise for kidney health and reap other benefits

March 12 is World Kidney Day: a day to promote awareness of the risk factors for kidney disease and the lifestyle changes you can make to prevent it.