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This is Part One of a multi-part post by the author about her upcoming trip to Israel.

My name is Sara…

When we read the words God spoke to Abraham — “Lech-Lecha”, “Go to yourself” — we hear not a command but a calling, a voice that still echoes in every human soul. The voice of God rarely comes through thunder or fire. It comes, as…

Yair Lapid, Leader of the Opposition, has recently said that the Haredim should not be allowed to vote.

Eighteen year old Haredi males and females do not serve in the Israeli army; they benefit from state subsidies for housing, child care,…

Minorities Against Minorities

Multiculturalism promises a civic peace in which different peoples share a public square without surrendering their distinctiveness. Yet there is a shadow within the pledge. Conflicts are not checked at the…

Who could have imagined that a group of Jewish tourists from the former Soviet Union—still learning the rhythm and soul of Shabbat—would one day celebrate it in a hotel in Tunis, joined by Belz Chassidic friends, Djerban Jews whose…

In the annals of royal misadventure, few tales rival that of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor — the man formerly known as Prince Andrew, Duke of York — whose descent from privilege to pariah has become one of the defining morality plays of…

WASHINGTON – When Benjamin Netanyahu met with Donald Trump in February, the Israeli prime minister’s first meeting with the president in his second term, he made clear that he hoped the days of “daylight” between…

There is a story told of a man who was captured behind enemy lines during war. To his horror, he was sentenced to death by firing squad. However, the captain gave the man another option. He told him, “You can go to the firing squad…

Right about now, late afternoon
We meet
Light green eyes with black circular edges

A jacket for cool evenings
November fresh, the hustle of a train station, grey air
Rolling cigarette – how to score weed in the Eternal City?

We tumble down…

With the upcoming Mayoral elections in New York, many Jews are wondering how their relationship to the city may change and whether it is time to relocate. It is certainly not the first time in history that Jews have considered a place home…