Richard Hirsch

The top 10 Jewish news stories of 2021

By A. James Rudin — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — Israeli politics and the continuing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic dominated Jewish concerns this year.

A great leader dies — and with him, a whole generation

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 17, 2021
(RNS) — Social justice or Zionism? One man’s career showed that they were infinitely compatible.

Al Vorspan was a Jewish giant of justice

By Jeffrey Salkin — February 17, 2019
The story Al Vorspan told me fifty years ago, and how it taught me to hear the real music.

Memories of the March: 10 voices recall 1963 March on Washington

By Adelle M. Banks and Corrie Mitchell — August 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) Religion News Service asked participants in the 1963 March on Washington to reflect on their lasting memories of the event, whether the Rev. Martin Luther King's dream has been achieved and how the 1963 march shaped their faith.
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