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My heart broke last week when I learned of the deaths of Rob Reiner and his wife. Mr. Reiner excelled as a fine actor, a genius storyteller, an engaged progressive political activist, and a mensch, and I am terribly sorry for his family and…

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The antisemitic massacre in Australia did not shock anyone who has been paying attention. What should shock us is not that Jews were targeted, but that so many still pretend this violence is an aberration. It is not. It is the foreseeable…

The Jewish community in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia was virtually decimated during the Holocaust, with 85 percent of its members having perished during the German occupation. Nitza Gonen’s documentary, The Forgotten Ones, now available on the…

Last week, something remarkable happened outside the European Parliament in Brussels. What started as a coordinated media and social media campaign quickly transformed into a powerful protest, bringing Sudan’s long-ignored crisis back into…

Despite Binyamin being Yaakov’s youngest child, the Divine Presence always rested in his portion as we see in the Talmud (Zevachim 118b):

Rav Dimi came related in the name of Rebbi:

In three places the Divine Presence rested upon Israel: In…

When I first watched A Serious Man, I left unsettled and slightly irritated. The rabbis seemed unhelpful. Larry felt weak. The suffering felt unexplained, and the ending felt almost unfair. My first reaction was that the movie was doing…

All of Erika’s Glam Couldn’t Turn Amfest’s Point Up

Jewish participation in Turning Point events, spending money on events and even giving them a spotlight on personal social media reels kind of reminds me of that old joke-can you be…

There are lessons to be learned from the tragic Rob and Michele Singer Reiner murders.

-Don’t live in Los Angeles or any of its neighboring towns. They are in a death spiral. I was last there in April, 2022. I am still reeling. Crime,…