The news that the Israel Premier Tech cycling team is dropping the word “Israel” from its name and rebranding for 2026 honestly left me gutted. This organization wasn’t just another squad on the pro circuit. From day one, this team…
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The Blogs: Some People Love Dead Jews; We Love Living, Joyful Jews by Rabbi Lerner YK 5786 | David Lerner
Photo credit: Rabbi David Lerner
This summer, Sharon and I had the chance to spend some time in the Netherlands. A friend’s son was celebrating his Bar Mitzvah at their synagogue in The Hague, and we wanted to be there to support the…
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The Blogs: Christians Standing With Israel | Shmuel Legesse
This week (10/01/25- 10/10/25) in Jerusalem, the streets glow with flags, hymns, and tears. Tens of thousands of evangelical and other Christian believers from more than 90 nations have come to celebrate their love for Israel during the Feast…
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‘Why do we have to waste a few weeks?’: Satmar rabbi congratulates Mamdani during Williamsburg sukkah hop
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 25 days to the election.
Zohran Mamdani met with Orthodox…
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The Blogs: Hashem’s Not Dead: Faith at the Heart of Israel’s Victory | Andrea McGurran
In the wake of national relief and celebration over the projected return of Israeli hostages, a quieter yet deeper reflection is beginning to surface among Jewish communities worldwide. The joy is real—families are preparing to welcome back…
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The Blogs: Six Cardinal Directions (Middot) + Four Species = A Yichud Of The Ten Sefirot | Yael Chaya Miriam Gray
Say it plainly so the soul can hear what the hands already know: four species gathered in the palms, six directions traced in the air—together they complete ten, the full figure of the Tree. The sukkah is our open-roofed sanctuary; the…
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The Blogs: Should you get drunk on Simchas Torah? | Ari Shishler
Simchas Torah is a marathon.
Not the drinking endurance-challenge, though. Yes, I know many people think that “getting shikker” is the mitzvah of the day (every year, I get the post-Yom Tov boasts of which shul had the most…
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The Blogs: In each other’s faces; in a sukkah of one’s own | Don Futterman
If you’re Jewish in Israel, whether you’re religious or not, you have Shabbat dinner with family. For years, my brother-in-law and his wife made the two-hour drive every Friday from Kiryat Shmona on the northern border to my in-laws in…
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The Blogs: When Academia Enables Harm: Antisemitism in Mental Health Scholarship | Daniel Balva
In July 2025, I published an article focused on the abandonment of Jewish therapists within the mental health field, shedding light on pervasive antisemitism in the discipline. The responses to my article were revealing: “Stop killing…
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The Blogs: SILENT GRATITUDE ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH | Alan Newman
American novelist Gertrude Stein famously said, “Silent gratitude isn’t worth very much to anyone.”
On the morning of June 23, 2025, we learned that the U.S. Air Force had bombed Iran’s nuclear weapons factories in Fordow, Natanz and…
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