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May 14, 2026, 6:17 AM

A silence still heard

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By now, one has either heard of the extensive sexual violence committed against women in Israel by Hamas, or one has chosen to live under the most apathetic rock. In the seemingly never ending saga of shedding light on...

Apr 23, 2026, 4:05 AM

A timeless pair

Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: a pairing of days and meaning where one could not exist without the other. There may not be a more perfect summation on the tangible calendar for the intangible Jewish experience. It is a yin...

Apr 15, 2026, 8:03 AM

Approaching “never again,” again

The Holocaust is globally known, and also denied, as the single most defining rise of antisemitism and death of Jews, without any event coming anywhere close in vicious and intentional savagery…until October 7, 2023. It is literally beyond belief...

Feb 20, 2026, 11:05 PM

To say that last February 20 was a dark day would be the understatement of the year. It was a dark day that we could see coming, facing inevitable heartbreak that we could try to intellectually imagine yet still not...

Feb 2, 2026, 4:45 AM

When the hallowed turns hollowed

On January 25, and ironically two days before the International Holocaust Day of Remembrance, Tim Walz stood at a press conference and decided to go for a travesty of a blunder to add to his already extensive repertoire: an...

Nov 24, 2025, 6:33 PM

This Tuesday is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: a date and subsequent ten days of activism created by the United Nations to raise awareness regarding the specific sex-based violence that women face across the globe…and...

Nov 9, 2025, 9:18 PM

So, Zohran Mamdani won. The long culmination of the inevitable happened, and yet, like his resounding victory during the mayoral primary, there is still genuine shock and confusion among the Jewish community for the entire dismaying debacle…and this may just...

Sep 11, 2025, 5:07 PM

9/11 to 10/7: Lessons Forgotten

This Thursday marks the 24th anniversary of the worst terror attack on the United States. Simultaneously, we are also only weeks away from the second anniversary of the worst terror attack on Israel. 10/7 is often compared to 9/11 to...

Sep 5, 2025, 5:50 PM

700 days of truth held hostage

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Every new number reached seems to reopen old wounds, from the very pinnacle of evil that many pretended to not see, to the astonishing subsequent betrayal that we can no longer unsee. Israel, as both a nation and people, has...

Aug 15, 2025, 7:25 AM

There has been an uptick in the ever-present screeching this week surrounding the news of Israel’s planned date to occupy Gaza City, its newest effort to bring about the hostages’ return and Hamas’ demise. On the surface, one might be...

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About Me

A proud member of the Pittsburgh Jewish community, Sarah Kendis is a musician, instructor, and writer residing in Squirrel Hill.