by Matthew Friedman | Jul 18, 2021 | Essays
The crowd demonstrating outside the Massachusetts Department of Education offices on Pleasant Street was energized. A speaker led the protesters in chants between squawks from his megaphone; they waved signs and placards denouncing tyrannical government overreach. One...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 2, 2021 | Books, Jewish Life, Reviews
Lila Corwin Berman The American Jewish Philanthropic Complex: The History of a Multibillion-Dollar Institution Princeton University Press Tzedakah, the obligation to provide for the less-fortunate of the community, is one of the signal ethical values of Jewish life....
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 29, 2021 | Commentary
On Saturday, a 28-year-old man crashed a stolen truck into a house in Winthrop, MA, and shot and killed two people with legally-acquired handguns. The victims were David Green, a retired Massachusetts state trooper, and Ramona Cooper, an Air Force veteran. Both were...
by Matthew Friedman | May 31, 2021 | Essays
He came down the stairs on the right: a man in his late-60s or early 70s, walking slowly, with a slight stoop. He passed the long stone slab bearing the names of the fallen from right to left, from West to East, from 1973 back in time, pausing briefly two or three...
by Matthew Friedman | May 30, 2021 | Commentary, Jewish Life
I wish I could say that I was shocked and surprised when a friend forwarded me a tweet showing Gigi Gaskins, owner of Nashville HATWRKS, wearing the Yellow Star emblazoned with the text “not vaccinated.” She has a smugly satisfied almost-grin on her face in the...
