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JEWISH MOMENTS IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL 1577. R. Yom Tov Tzahalon: The ‘Good Doctrine’, the first book ever printed in the Land of Israel Safed in...
It was August 27, 2009, my son Brady’s 17th birthday. My best friend Betty called me to wish Brady a happy birthday. Betty and I had gone through...
I don’t typically write about antisemitism. It’s been around long enough to feel almost procedural. Before October 7, the Jew News Review would...
The Iran war has entered a new phase, a “double-sided ceasefire.” Eventually, we will learn the backstory, and it won’t look like anything we...
At the JCC of Sonoma County, we have long believed that families with young children need a meaningful gateway into Jewish life. As parents make their...
It is a phenomenon unlike any in the Torah. Tzaraat, often mistranslated as leprosy, has no real translation, just like it has no real analogue or...
I am a progressive Jew. I believe in human rights, equality, and justice. I believe racism deforms a society from within. I believe occupation...
When we speak about the soul, we must first clear away a fundamental misconception: the soul is not something personal that exists inside an...
Israel’s protracted conflict with Lebanon may well be easing, judging by the most recent developments. On April 14, Israel and Lebanon conducted...
I consider myself an expert on antisemitism based on lifelong lived experience dating back to my childhood. Throughout my life I have been the target...
To Not Was Not a Scandal. It Was an Offer. When a swastika appears in the Polish parliament, the easiest response is to speak about the brutalization...
From Einstein to the Arizal We were a small group of kollel avreichim who once a week after morning seder used to meet in the small Vizhnitz caravan...
Israel isn’t perfect, and it has gone much farther right than a lot of reasonable people are comfortable with, especially Jews, but let’s keep...
A few years ago, I urged MK Yuli Edelstein to do something that, in retrospect, Israel’s political leadership has still not done: say “no” to...
Netanyahu argues that October 7th would have happened under any Prime Minister due to systemic failures and other external factors. But a closer look...
The Third Gulf War: Anatomy of a Conflict with No Clear Outcome Some wars surprise us with their suddenness. This one surprised no one—or almost no...
Starts out as a regular day. You can eat bread and drink a beer. The prayers are normal weekday prayers. Late in the morning, we stop eating leavened...
Imagine, for a moment, that the map were rearranged. Not the politics. Not the alliances. Just the geography. Imagine that, over a period of years,...
If there’s one thing I’m not, it’s an early adopter. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not a Luddite either. I enjoy and appreciate technological...
Reading the double parsha of Tazria–Metzora this week feels especially personal. These portions describe wounds, skin afflictions, and the grueling...
“The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.” — Jacob Bronowski A well-known study found that the vast majority of infants suck their thumbs. The...
You know the moment I’m talking about. Maybe it was in a meeting. Maybe it was in a hallway, or on a Zoom call, or over lunch. Maybe it came from a...
Five years before my grandmother left this world, I attended a fundraiser at a local synagogue. The goal of the evening was to support a meaningful...
When US allies fight for survival, Washington shouldn’t be debating whether to tie their hands At a moment when Israel is fighting enemies on...
Only after my release from Iran’s notorious Evin prison in 2009 did I begin to learn about the extent of the wide, grassroots support I and my...
On January 27th 2026, the world commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day; a day dedicated to the loss of six million Jewish lives at the hands of the...
The Ramchal opens the Mesillas Yesharim with a demand most sefarim skip. Before he discusses a single practice, before mussar or middos or avodah, he...
The “YOMS” are an acronym for a group of three modern holidays that fall within one week on the calendar and that connect us to the historical...
source: depositphotos.com The heading of Jeff Coller’s New York Times article (April 9) is rather bombastic: “This may be the most important...
The Havivian Farm, on the outskirts of Beit Shemesh, Israel, is truly a labor of love. It all started with Michal, a young chef, returning from her...
This week, as we read Parshiot Tazria–Metzora, we find ourselves situated between two of the most powerful markers of modern Jewish history: Yom...
Image: A historic meeting in Washington between the Israeli ambassador and the Lebanese ambassador, amid efforts to advance a regional understanding....
This article constitutes a bill of indictment. The defendant is the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania — (LGGRTC) — a state...
The 22-year-old grad student doesn’t hate Jews. Ask her directly and she’ll tell you. She’s anti-Zionist, not antisemitic. There’s a...
The Jewish people are a beacon of strength and resilience, a symbol of what is possible when eternal victimhood is rejected in favour of innovation...
What I enjoy photographing most are scenes of daily life, especially on the streets, as they reflect the country’s character. In Israel, there are...
For all the attention now fixed on Iran, Lebanon, and the widening arc of regional instability, the strategic center of gravity in the Middle East...
The anti-Catholic bias goes back a long way in American politics. The Founders of this country justify, in part, in the First Amendment Separation...
Parshat Tazria (Vayikra 13:47-48) speaks about Tzaraat of the garment, where we can gain insight into which materials clothing was made out of in...
The administration in Villa Somalia is currently navigating a period of heightened political and diplomatic strain, particularly following recent...
Forget the sh!t storm headlines of the media when it comes to the war and our future. I want you to brainstorm with me instead. This means we are...
While sitting in the Miklat (shelter) just last week, an idea from my beloved teacher Rav Yitz Greenberg kept reverberating in me. He included it in...
In France, in 2026, Jewish families are removing the mezuzot from their doorframes. No one ordered them to. That is the point. I have seen this...
Yesterday there was an arson attack targeting the Finchley Reform Synagogue in London, an act described by the police as an antisemitic hate crime....
Someone I used to work with would often say “You’re putting the em-PHA-sis on the wrong syl-LA-ble.” It was a clever way to let people know...
If you’ve made it to these words and are seeing them, you may want to ask yourself how it all came to pass. Where do you hang out so that you have...
Clifford May’s recent essays, including “The U.S. Military Can Clear Mines, But Not Minds” and his analysis of Iran’s enduring ideological...
Setting aside the political bluster on all sides, we still do not know to what extent the war against Iran has weakened its regime or curtailed its...
One must stop and truly understand that the Supreme Court is not the acting elected government of Israel. The question before Israel’s High Court is...
As Pakistan inched closer to mediating a deal between the United States and Iran in Islamabad last weekend following the announcement of a two-week...
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