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Oct 1, 2026, 5:47 PM

I Don’t Need the Numbers to See the Miracle

Yesterday, 174 people boarded Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. By now, most of us have heard the extraordinary story of what happened next. According to Israeli officials and passenger accounts, the co-pilot attacked and seriously wounded Captain...

Jul 9, 2026, 10:22 PM

Feeling at Home in Torah

"I'm sorry if this is a stupid question..." I hear some version of that sentence almost every time I teach. Before my students can finish apologizing, I usually stop them. "There are no stupid questions." Over the years, I've realized that I don't...

Feb 11, 2026, 11:21 PM

What Finishing Tanakh Taught Me About Being Human

This week I finished my third cycle of Nach Yomi with the OU’s Torah Imecha program. On paper, that means I’ve “completed” Tanakh three times. In real life, it means something else. It means I’ve spent years living with these sefarim....

Jan 5, 2026, 3:41 PM

I Thought Serious Torah Learning Was for Others

For years, I believed that serious Torah learning was for other people - the ones who could open a sefer without panic and read Hebrew without flinching. I didn’t think I could start this journey where I was in...

Nov 5, 2025, 4:08 PM

Holding the Line: Fighting Hate, Not Fueling It

We can, and must, stand firm against antisemitism without crossing into fear or prejudice. I don’t like Mamdani. I think his views cross into antisemitism, not just anti-Zionism. His statements about Israel’s right to exist - and about the Jewish...

Nov 3, 2025, 10:02 PM

Torah in a digital fishbowl

As Jewish conversation moves increasingly online, our words reveal more than what we say -- they show how we think, whom we imagine we’re speaking to, and how we protect what is sacred. The language of Jewish conversation is changing....

Nov 1, 2023, 1:24 PM

Love and tomatoes

I have always looked back at ancient and modern Israeli history with a great sense of awe and envy for those heroes, big and small, who embodied the national spirit of can-do and volunteerism. In times of crisis, they...

Nov 21, 2021, 1:48 PM

Hey American businesses: Hanukkah is not the Jewish Christmas

Hanukkah gnomes. (Facebook)

Hanukkah celebrates Jewish freedom from assimilation; it doesn't need Jewish-Christmas decorations or Jewish-Christmas movies or Jewish elfs-on-the-shelf

Oct 21, 2021, 8:57 PM

The secret magic of folding laundry

Doing laundry. (iStock)

The perpetual mountain of laundry was my nemesis, until I learned to take my successes in small doses - or colorful piles of folded clothes

Sep 29, 2021, 5:39 PM

Saying Thank You, 23 Years Later

Sometimes it takes decades to pass before we can properly appreciate an experience. It took some personal reflection during Corona for me to finally express that gratitude to a teacher who inspired me. ***** Over the last year and a half,...

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About Me

Chavi Swidler Eisenberg is a Judaic Studies educator, lecturer, actress, and mother. She runs digital communities for thoughtful conversations about Judaism and writes about Torah, Zionism, and parenting. Chavi earned her MPA from Baruch College and is currently a Doctoral student at Gratz College. She was a Fellow in the Matan Eshkolot Tanakh Educators Program and is currently a Fellow in the SHARE Pnimiyut Hatorah program. She lives with her family in Gush Etzion.