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Sukkah roofs. (Wikimedia Commons)

Adam S. Ferziger

Life is a fragile booth: The ‘falling sukkah’ redemption

Even when the walls shake, in times of personal and national crisis, internal division, and real exposure, we seek comfort in the sukkah’s ‘shade of faith’

In Kfar Aza, after October 7th. (Tzipora Lifchitz)

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

I thought a sukkah was fragile; the border kibbutzim proved me wrong

Rain cancels the mitzvah, but grief does not: You must come out and sit under the thatched roof – not to rejoice, but to show up. That is resilience

Alon Tal

They tried to destroy Temple Israel. Six months later, it stands tall

Back in their restored sanctuary for Yom Kippur, Michigan Jews had a message for those who would have them lower their voices: ‘We are Zionists. Full stop.’

Etrog. (Wikipedia)

Yaakov Chaliotis

The etrog’s long journey: How one fruit crosses the world before Sukkot

From the orchard to your sukkah, a lot could go wrong, so the growers, rabbis, freight companies, and border inspectors work small miracles to ensure timely delivery

Ethiopian Jews paying inside a sukkah. (via Facebook)

Sharon Shalom

Ethiopian Jewish wisdom: A sukkah creates community

Bete Israel’s spiritual tradition focuses not on the sukkah’s details or those of the 4 species, but on a sense of belonging and being guests in God’s world

A wedding present in the making since before he was born (illustrative: BongkarnThanyakij / iStock)

Romi Sussman

I have kept this secret for 25 years

As my oldest son prepared to marry, the time finally came to share something I’d been making for him since he was a baby

Tamar Pross

When my Israeli son asked me ‘What is Jewish?’

It took moving our family to Australia for me to understand what my 9-year-old had always taken for granted

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Adam S. Ferziger

Sep 25, 2026, 1:38 PM

Life is a fragile booth: The ‘falling sukkah’ redemption

Sukkah roofs. (Wikimedia Commons)

Even when the walls shake, in times of personal and national crisis, internal division, and real exposure, we seek comfort in the sukkah's 'shade of faith'

Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain

Sep 25, 2026, 10:52 AM

Jewish Priorities My Love For Jews STAYS THE SAME

To my fellow Jews: We have to stick together. Do you see what is happening all around you? There are some Jews that need convincing that we have to take care of ourselves and each other. The reality is that...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:50 AM

Will the REAL Israel…Please Stand Up? Israel’s democracy is at a critical juncture.

Less than five weeks before Israel is scheduled to hold its next national election, the country has arrived at a moment that should concern every Israeli—and everyone who cares about Israel, whether Jewish or not. On September 23, Israel’s Central...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:49 AM

Iran’s Two-Chokepoint Leverage

Saudi Arabia’s route around one maritime crisis is increasingly exposed to another. With traffic through the Strait of Hormuz severely constrained, Riyadh has relied more heavily on alternatives that move oil westward to the Red Sea. At the same...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:47 AM

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

When Benjamin Netanyahu walked toward the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, dozens of diplomats began walking in the opposite direction. Most delegations from Arab and Muslim countries left the hall, while the United Arab Emirates remained. Netanyahu...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:44 AM

NAZA did not happen in a vacuum

Another annual UN General Assembly session sees the customary criticism of Israel by international leaders who neglect actual genocides while promoting defamatory claims against Israel. The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, and others of his ilk distinctly characterized Israel as...

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Sep 25, 2026, 10:41 AM

I thought a sukkah was fragile; the border kibbutzim proved me wrong

In Kfar Aza, after October 7th. (Tzipora Lifchitz)

Rain cancels the mitzvah, but grief does not: You must come out and sit under the thatched roof - not to rejoice, but to show up. That is resilience

Sherwin Pomerantz

Sep 25, 2026, 10:40 AM

Netanyahu’s Wasted Opportunity at the UN

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech at the UN on Thursday was well presented, as usual. Frankly, there is simply no native-born Israeli politician who knows how to deal with an international audience better than Netanyahu. Having spent his teenage years...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:05 AM

The Fallen Sukkah of David

Every year on Sukkot, I add a Harachaman to Birkat Hamazon that I had never really stopped to understand: הרחמן הוא יקים לנו את סוכת דוד הנופלת. "May the Merciful One raise up for us the fallen sukkah of...

Vincent James Hooper

Sep 25, 2026, 10:04 AM

The Oxford Oath

On 9 February 1933, the Oxford Union debating society passed the motion "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its King and Country" by 275 votes to 153. Churchill called it "abject, squalid, shameless." Mussolini, it is...

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