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On January 8, in conjunction with Hebrew Language Day, the Academy of the Hebrew Language announced the word chosen by the Israeli public to best capture the spirit of the past year. The word was הַבַּיְתָה…

Certain Polish nationalists were prepared to reach an accommodation with Nazi Germany, despite its record of atrocities in Poland. As might be recalled, six million Polish citizens, including three million Jews, perished during the six-year…

When Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wrote in his new memoir that Kamala Harris’ vice-presidential vetting team asked whether he had ever been a “double agent” for Israel, many Jewish leaders heard something painfully…

My father’s Zionism was leaping into the cold waters of an ancient pool on a hot summer day. He would locate some spring, cistern, or water hole in a remote corner of Israel, would strip down to his undergarments and, yelping Tarzan-like,…

I know I am part Cochini, but I did not grow up with Cochini food.

This is not something I noticed as a child, or even as a young adult. I grew up surrounded by Jewish food – Baghdadi Indian food, to be precise – dishes that arrived at…

Beginning in 2023, protesters across the United States, notably on college campuses, mobilized in large numbers demanding “justice” for Palestinians and an end to the war in Gaza. “In our thousands, in our millions, we are all…

My father passed away on November 11th. Abba was a Holocaust survivor, a Jewish educator and an ordained rabbi who lived well into his 90s. He died surrounded by loved ones and even had the zchut, the privilege, of having his children recite…

This week the best comedy show in the world is taking place in Davos, Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.

The dictionary defines comedy as entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make…

The first plagues focused on the personal confrontation between Moshe, Aharon and Pharaoh. As the plagues advance, they gradually grow to encompass the entire Egyptian people. This expansion is also seen in the haftara of Parshat Bo, which is…

I am struggling to write because there is no ethical way to choose which injustice deserves attention first.

At the same moment that legislation advances in Israel to introduce the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners, they are being held…