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Will our descendants, too, one day plead for forgiveness?

The following words come from a chilling interview with Dr. Assaf David, co-founder and academic director of the Forum for Regional Thinking and head of the Israel Department at the…

On the eve of the holiest night of the Jewish year, Jews around the world will stand in sanctuaries and ask to be released even from promises we never meant to make. In 2025, many of those promises involve our phones, our feeds and our new…

I went to the Nova Music Festival Exhibition, in Boston from September 26 to October 21. I recommend you see it—especially if you are not Jewish. Currently, only about 20% of attendees are non-Jewish. That needs to change. The Nova Music…

I was working in camp this summer and trying to do laundry. I grabbed a pile of clothing from the washing machine, and as I fed it to the dryer, my necklace got caught and the chain broke. This necklace, a dog tag that said ‘Bring Them…

On September 29–30, 2025, Elon Musk asserted that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is “a hate group that hates Christians.” The claim was posted on X in response to screenshots of the ADL’s entry on Christian Identity—a racist,…

Every healthy living being has an immune system. It’s vital. Things inevitably go wrong, and when they do, if you don’t know how to fix them, you’re in real trouble.

The same is true for us. We go wrong. God knew we would, so He created…

The Hineni prayer is recited by the cantor (hazzan) on Yom Kippur before the Musaf Amidah. The prayer embodies humility, dependence on God, and the awesome weight of responsibility in leading others.

On Yom Kippur, this moment is made even…

On Yom Kippur day, October 1993, my rabbi’s sermon in synagogue was the story of the upcoming release next month of the movie “Schindler’s List.”  It had been five years after my mother passed away.  At the end of the Rabbi’s…