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YK 5786 would be a great name for a rock band. Joke. But for me, there’s nothing funny about Yom Kippur. Not because the holiday is framed as our last chance in the calendar year to get right with our fellows and…
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The Blogs: Unlearning for Rosh Hashana: A Song in the Dark | Ari Hart
It’s a wonderful time of year. There is a sense of newness and possibility, the autumn air is crisp and BH school is back in session. I often think about this time of year as a time for learning new things. But this year, I’ve been…
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The Blogs: Our Roots in Song | Sharona Margolin Halickman
Parshat Vayelech (Dvarim 31:19) gives us a trailer for next week’s parsha, Parshat Haazinu:
And now write for yourselves this song and teach it to B’nai Yisrael to place it in their mouths; in order that this song will be for me a witness…
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Kamala Harris backs Mamdani, who didn’t publicly back her over Israel and Gaza
This piece first ran as part of The Countdown, our daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayor’s race. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. There are 40 days to the election.
Kamala Harris became the most…
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The Blogs: TESHUVA – A Concept the World Struggles to Grasp | Chaim Ingram
G-D, G-D, merciful and gracious… (Ex. 34:6; Selichot prayers)
I recall as a child being given a ‘magic slate’ on which I could write or draw anything I wished – and then erase it by lifting a flap and lowering it. But what can even a…
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The Blogs: The Making of an Advocate, Part 2 | Seth Goren
The Making of an Advocate, Part 2
Recently, I wrote about the attributes and skills necessary for a strong student advocate. Enthusiasm and daring are important, and it’s also critical to have a solid Jewish and Zionist identity, a…
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The Blogs: Every Year Anew | Daniel Sherman
(Note: This was written in 2024 but seems just as relevant now. It was edited for The Times of Israel. The images are from September 2025.)
Every year, anew, we mark endings and beginnings. The summer ends and the autumn rains begin. The…
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The Blogs: Decisions and goodbye (terminating my pregnancy) | Sarah Bechor
I wrote this piece three years ago.
I birthed this baby three years ago today, on Tzom Gedalia. I have pictures of him and looked at them lovingly this morning.
B’h- EXACTLY a year after this ordeal, (same week, erev R”H) I gave…
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The Blogs: Look in the Mirror: A Teshuvah Call to the World | Jeffrey Levine
In Parshat Vayelech, Moshe speaks his last words. He warns Israel that nations will rise against them, corruption will spread, and betrayal will be constant. Yet he charges them: “Chazak ve’ematz – Be strong and courageous, for God goes…
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The Blogs: Pillay, Gaza and Goldstone | Lawrence Nowosenetz
Navi Pillay, the South African head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, presented findings of its latest report at a press briefing on 16 September 2025 (the Pillay Report). She said, “The ongoing genocide…
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