Many Americans are rejecting the complexity of Jewish identity, but we are a people who struggle, build families, endure exile, and are patriotic anyway (Vayetzei)
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This Thanksgiving, American Jews need a new story
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This Thanksgiving, Be Honest: You’re Thankful for Israel
This Thanksgiving, Be Honest: You’re Thankful for Israel Whether You Admit It or Not Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating! Especially the people spending today enjoying the countless innovations Israel gave the world while pretending they…
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The Power of ‘Modeh Ani’
“Thankful am I”. These are the very first words that observant Jews recite upon waking each morning. In Hebrew: “Modeh ani”. Not quite a prayer or request for anything in particular, but rather a brief expression of gratitude to our…
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Something Is Rotten in the State of Britain
Britain’s double standard in policing and politics now falls hardest on its Jews. Another week, another hate march outside a British synagogue. This time St John’s Wood. You probably did not hear about it, the mainstream media decided Jews…
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When the Healing Tools Stop Working
For a long time, I believed that the key to healing was having the right tool. The right breathing pattern. The right medication. The right grounding technique. The right therapist. The right mantra. The right step-by-step method for calming the…
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Where history is made
It was Hoshana Rabbah, the exalted final night of Sukkot. Past midnight in Los Angeles, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring—except me, wide awake, watching history in the making. Glued to the live news, as the leader of the…
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Kristallnacht at Park East Synagogue
Embed from Getty Images On November 9, 1938, Nazi leaders unleashed a well-orchestrated, party-sanctioned riot, involving the vandalization of synagogues and attacks on Jews and their businesses. It became known as Kristallnacht and sent an…
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The First Shattering: Ein Sof Becomes Self-Aware and Recoils, A Chiddush
There is a secret older than Genesis, older than the worlds, older even than the radiance that first pierced the void. A secret whispered only in hints by the Ari, by the Zohar, by the Hasidic masters who trembled before such things: Before…
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Rebuilding Syria Requires Inclusivity and Regional Integration
Why Peace, Protection, and Partnership Must Replace Persecution When Hungarian State Secretary Tristan Azbej and European Parliament Member György Hölvényi made their way to Damascus recently, they encountered a scene that was both…
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Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel – Part XV
Shared Sovereignty: Constitutional Models for Equality Designing Political Futures Between the River and the Sea Series Preface Understanding Jewish and Palestinian Equality in Israel explores how law, belonging, dignity, and justice shape…
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