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Judy Maltz, a journalist for Haaretz, has just returned from a project involving American Jewish college kids; the object was to find out what October 7, 2023, means to them, has it changed their regard for Israel, etc. It’s a vast topic if…

A rabbi’s quiet mission to revive a forgotten breed from Jerusalem — and to remind us that compassion, too, is a form of Torah.

The weekly Torah portion Noah feels deeply personal to me. It is not only about survival, but about the sacred…

The Chinese government officially reacted to the attacks on October 8 through a statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: “China is closely following the escalation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel. We…

Two days after Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove delivered a sermon urging congregants to vote against Zohran Mamdani, rabbis across the country were asked to sign a letter quoting him.

By the time it was published Wednesday, 650…

I should have made the call. Now he’s gone.

A great person, a mensch (a person of integrity), one of my most important teachers, Rabbi Michell Chefitz (z’l – may his memory always be for blessings), died earlier this week.

The last…

There is a question that returns like a tide to anyone who has lived inside the great silence: Can the Infinite contemplate the Infinite without an other—without a face across from which to catch its own light? To say “other” where all…

I hobble over to my office, fall into my desk chair, and turn on YouTube. I click on the Sam Aronow channel and listen to Sam Aronow teach about the Fifth Aliyah.

So you may ask, “Who is Sam Aronow?

He’s a talented filmmaker with an…

When gunmen attacked the mission in Yelwata, Benue State on June 13–14, 2025, they slaughtered between 100 and 200 Christian villagers and displaced some 3,000. Entire families were incinerated, children and mothers among the charred ruins,…

Context as a refuge from clarity

What does remembrance look like when the cameras arrive? Who lights the candles, who lays the wreaths, who recites the adjectives on cue? The West has turned grief into a choreography that rarely falters. Yet…

Israel would lose all support from the United States if it unilaterally annexed parts of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria). This message was delivered bluntly and clearly by US President Donald Trump. It has angered many Israelis and many…