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On August 16, 1941, Į laisvę published a feature titled “Grąžinkim garbę Senamiesčiui” — “Let us restore honor to the Old Town.” It was not a German paper translated for local use. It was a Lithuanian-language newspaper,…

My wife and I had come to Israel for our first grandchild’s wedding, expecting to stay only ten days. Instead, that very Shabbos, the current war with Iran began, and our return home was delayed for nearly two additional weeks. During those…

History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes, and sometimes the rhyme is difficult to ignore.

At moments of political instability, ideological enemies can begin to sound strangely alike. They adopt a shared language, converge on a…

The timing of the investigation announcement is culturally significant. Passover is a story about confronting abuse of power and demanding accountability. Just as Moses challenged Pharaoh to stop oppression and acknowledge harm, modern…

Every year, when we get to the moment in the Seder where we open the door for Elijah the Prophet, I think of this picture.

It was painted by my grandfather, Zalman Kleinman, and to me it has always been one of the most powerful Pesach images…

The other day, I found myself adding “just one more thing” to my online cart. It was nothing dramatic – a household item, a small treat, something for the children. But when I looked at the total, I had that familiar thought: how did it…

It is well known that the basic foods of the Pesah evening in Temple times were the Korban Pesah (Passover sacrifice), matzah (unleavened bread), and maror (bitter herbs):

“The bitter herb (ḥazeret), the matzah, and the pesah on the…

I’ve been in Israel long enough to know the drill but not long enough to be numb to it. When you come to this country as an adult, the sirens never become background noise. They stay…

There are moments in history when time itself seems to change shape—when days no longer feel like days, and weeks stretch into something heavier, something more enduring. Since the horrors of October 7, in what is now widely referred to as…