There was a time when “never again” meant something. Today, it risks becoming a slogan stripped of memory. A dangerous idea, once thought buried beneath the ruins of Europe, is quietly resurfacing in American political culture: the notion…
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When a City Tells Jews They May Not Flee
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Thanksgiving needs its own haggadah
We should tell the origin story of Pilgrims and Indians in ways that acknowledge its generosity and its racial violence – and push us to shape a better future
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I can’t let it pass. Neither should you
Here’s a news item in The Times of Israel I can’t let pass: “National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, whose term has seen a spike in gender-based violence, refused to approve the participation of police representatives in a hearing of…
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Old dog, new tricks, and a brain that should honestly be fired
A cautionary tale about ambition, midlife, and cognitive treason. Let’s be clear:I am not old.I am simply at the life stage where strangers feel comfortable calling me “ma’am,” and I feel comfortable fantasising about throwing them into…
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Can you get anything you want this Thanksgiving?
Kol Nidre. Recitation of the Haggadah. Shaking out hopes, harvest, and the lingering reflections of repentance with the lulav and etrog. There are certain moments in the year in which we embody a wish or tradition that holds time itself together….
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How a Fake Nation Became a Global Obsession
The Lie That Became a Truth and Why Millions Believe It As a lifelong lover of Israel, a reader of history, and someone who has actually lived in the Middle East, I am always shocked, though no longer surprised, by how confidently people repeat…
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‘Inconceivable!’ Vayetze 5786
The human mind is a sort of laboratory, where cognition, perception, and meaning collide in ways that feel almost miraculous. Hassidism has long insisted that the architecture of the soul mirrors the structure of the cosmos, that the way we think…
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Divine Deeds: How People Claimed Land in God’s Name
Faith, Land, and the Meaning of Thanksgiving Every Thanksgiving, Americans rehearse a national memory of hospitality, peace, and shared abundance. Yet beneath our celebration lies a deeper, more unsettling theological question: Who has the right…
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Where Do We Go for Calm Within from Here?
Where do we go for calm within from here? To a place of stillness within ourselves. Enter the ineffable within breath, Given at birth by the Divine for life. No word, no noise, no distraction, We then find ourselves, when we lose ourselves,…
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Mamdani: A left-wing socialist — who is religious
Left-wing woke and socialism are ideologies which are generally considered secular. Which is why Mamdani seems to be such an anomaly. With strong Muslim beliefs, he believes in G-d — and, at the same time, he has socialist and left-wing…
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