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Jewish identity is complicated.  It’s a religious identity.  Or it’s an ethnic identity.  Or it’s a racialized identity.  Or it’s a national identity.  Or it’s a cultural identity.  Or it’s a type of ancestry.  Or it’s…

From digital memorials to new startups, Israelis are transforming the pain of October 7 into purpose, resilience, and renewal

Some websites I visit for information. Others I visit for inspiration. But there is one digital memorial I visit for…

On Sunday, October 12, just one day before the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit, I conducted an interview with journalist Samah Hassanin on Radio Makan, part of the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation, in Arabic, to discuss Trump’s Gaza plan and…

Every year when we read the story of Noah I’m amazed at how the tale hits just a little bit differently. From nursery school, when we sang at the top of our lungs about the “ark-y ark-y,” to years spent wondering how we were supposed to…

When Hamas fires rockets, Europe rushes to hold vigils. When Israel strikes back, the UN trips over itself to condemn Jerusalem. But in Beijing? Silence. China never lined up with the “Free Palestine” mob, and that silence is no…

To Alter the Course of History

Sonnet for Psalm 12

The fortunes of time

enter the stream of history

guided by the Master Being.

His watchful presence

dispersed in eternity’s second

travels like the night that passes into day

To…

Margolick’s newest book published Nov. 11 is a biography of trailblazing comic icon Sid Caesar and includes rare interviews with Mel Brooks and Woody Allen – “a slice of American Jewish cultural history.”

By Allan Ripp