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How much can Israelis take? A trauma expert finds out

How much can Israelis take? A trauma expert finds out

The late singer-songwriter Meir Ariel had a hit song that Israelis tend to invoke at times of crisis: “Avarnu et Par’o, Na’avor Gam et Zeh” — If we...

29.06.2025 6

The Jewish Week

Andrew Silow-Carroll

After Zohran Mamdani’s upset, there’s a way forward for pro-Israel progressives

After Zohran Mamdani’s upset, there’s a way forward for pro-Israel progressives

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral primary puts into sharp relief the political dilemma that faces the broad center of American...

27.06.2025 7

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Benjamin Ross

‘Climate anxiety’ isn’t a fad. For Jewish teens like me, it’s our inspiration.

‘Climate anxiety’ isn’t a fad. For Jewish teens like me, it’s our inspiration.

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues...

25.06.2025 10

The Jewish Week

Ami Gelman

Ana Levy-Lyons, a former Unitarian Universalist minister and future rabbi, wants to cure what ails the secular left

Ana Levy-Lyons was in her 20s when she found out she was Jewish. During her childhood in Tenafly, New Jersey, her family never spoke about what her...

18.06.2025 10

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

70 years ago, these beach reads explained Jews to America

To read about American Jews this summer, you only need to open the newspaper. For better or worse, and probably for worse, Jews have been all too...

12.06.2025 4

The Jewish Week

Rachel Gordan

Jewish teens like me sent a message after the Run for Their Lives attack: We will not cower.

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues...

12.06.2025 50

The Jewish Week

Shir Levenson