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At the 9/11 memorial on the west side of the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on September 11, 2023, many civilians came to commemorate the US Department of Defense staff and rescue workers who were killed in a terrorist attack 22 years ago. (iStock)

Gayle Meyers

Rushing forward, seized with fear

Crises like the terror attacks of 9/11 summon us with the trumpet of bravery and the still, small voice of love, as we write our stories with our deeds (Rosh Hashanah)

President Isaac Herzog at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, September 8, 2026. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

Isaac Herzog

A Rosh Hashanah message to the Jewish people

After all the pain and longing, the majestic notes of the shofar carry three calls that bring us into a better future

Dan Moskovitz

Boy George goes to shul

The pop icon’s new song felt like a hug from a stranger. When he came to our synagogue, we finally got to hug him back

Image created by the author.

Talyah Ginsberg

‘One day’ is not a day of the week

Recently attuned to the risk that everything I postpone won’t eventually get its turn, I find myself willing to take the first steps to finding out how far I might go

Bighorn sheep (Valentina Gatewood / iStock)

How could a ram replace Isaac in the Akedah?

In a different reading of the biblical story, one crucial quality made it possible for an animal to be substituted for a person

From the AMIA bombing to 9/11, the murder of Daniel Pearl and October 7, Islamist terror and antisemitism have repeatedly followed the same deadly path. (AFP/Ali Burafi, Seth McAllister / AFP, photo credit: AP, Hatem Ali/ AP)

Jonathan A. Greenblatt

Remembering 9/11: We must not look away

The hatred that targets Jews does not stop with Jews — and 25 years after 9/11, the fights against antisemitism and Islamist terror remain inseparable

The author speaking at a ceremony in memory of fallen soldiers held just after the conclusion of a round of fighting in Gaza

Shahar Varon

Between September 11 and October 7: Lessons in remembering

Israelis have become experts in memorializing catastrophes. Can we also learn to build a better society in their wake?

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Sep 12, 2026, 11:12 PM

Real Change: Rethinking Tashlich

The ritual of Tashlich on Rosh Hashana has always struck me as both mysterious and symbolic. As a child growing up in an observant, chassidic home, I would walk with my family to the water’s edge of the Chicago...

Sep 12, 2026, 11:11 PM

Navigating Dual Allegiances: Converting to Judaism, Wrestling With Israel

Part 1 Data on the actual number of people who convert to Judaism in the United States is difficult to find, as there are no official records among the major denominations of those who have undergone the process of choosing...

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Sep 12, 2026, 11:06 PM

Stepping In, New Year and Stones

A year has no feet. It neither comes nor goes, crosses no threshold, wears no shoes. Yet almost every language makes time move. A year approaches, arrives, passes, leaves us; we enter it and eventually leave it behind. The...

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Sep 12, 2026, 10:40 PM

From Donbas to Jerusalem: Why Zelensky Thanked James Temerty

From Donbas to Jerusalem: Why Zelensky Thanked James Temerty. The image was created using AI.

On September 11, President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Toronto with Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist James Temerty. Zelensky thanked him for his long-standing support for Ukrainians and spoke about one of Ukraine’s most urgent problems today: daily Russian air attacks,...

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Sep 12, 2026, 6:38 PM

9/11 – A Personal Remembrance: The Day the Screen Became Real

This original HOASR editorial illustration remembers the victims and first responders of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The illuminated Twin Towers, memorial candles, white roses and a firefighter’s helmet represent loss, courage and remembrance. Airport screening, surveillance, watchlists, military operations and barbed wire illustrate the security architecture, wars and social suspicion that followed 9/11.

A Muslim immigrant remembers September 11 and the world it made A personal remembrance of the lives taken on 9/11, the suspicion endured by innocent Muslims afterward, and the enduring lesson that security must never be pursued at the expense...

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Sep 12, 2026, 5:10 PM

Daylight Robbery

Walk through Bath, or Edinburgh, or the terraces of any Georgian town in England, and you will see them: windows bricked up from the inside, their outlines still visible in the stone. They are not decorative. They are three...

Sep 12, 2026, 5:08 PM

Abu Dhabi turns the economic screws on Iran

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was not just being courteous when he spoke about the UAE’s decision to stop commercial and financial dealings with Iran. Asked if Abu Dhabi was taking the lead after Washington urged a break with...

Sep 12, 2026, 5:07 PM

Berbera at the Crossroads: The Case for a US–Somaliland Partnership

Why location, security, and diplomacy are pushing Washington and Hargeisa closer. The proverb “a friend in need is a friend indeed” offers a useful way to view relations between the United States and Somaliland. Washington needs reliable access near a...

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Sep 12, 2026, 5:05 PM

Ethiopia and Somaliland A Historic Opportunity That Must Not Be Lost

Ethiopia is not an ordinary neighbor to Somaliland. It is a country with which Somaliland has developed a deep and longstanding relationship based on geography, history, trade, security, and strong people-to-people ties. For generations, the two peoples have lived...

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The High Holidays Climate Verdict: Ancient Mediterranean Survival in Warming Era

The High Holidays Climate Verdict

Every autumn, as the Jewish calendar pivots from the solemn introspection of Rosh Hashanah to the open-air vulnerability of Sukkot, tradition introduces a quiet, existential question. According to the Mishnah, it is during Sukkot that the world is judged...

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