A column by Mitch Albom
Jewish children in America these days are being told to remain inside, get home fast, or stay away from their temples altogether, lest they be screamed at, shot at, or become the target of some enraged hater behind the wheel.
If one in five Americans can’t read proficiently, it’s time for parents – not just policymakers – to take responsibility and reclaim a culture of reading in their own households.
Kidnapping, like a house fire, is a horror we rarely think about until it happens; then we realize how vulnerable we were all along.
Omitting the word “Jews” when commemorating the Holocaust is not a harmless slip but a dangerous erosion of historical truth that fuels ignorance, antisemitism and the gradual whitewashing of genocide.