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Nov 1, 2025, 10:46 PM

The New Maccabees: Faith, Courage, and the Borderline of Belief

I never expected to find faith in a place built for fear. The wind off the Jordan Valley carried dust, prayer, and contradiction. On one side, a Jordanian woman hung her laundry in a different time zone. On the...

Oct 17, 2025, 7:29 AM

Still Missing: Where Is Haymanut?

Subtitle: Israel once moved heaven and earth to bring her community home. Now one little girl from that same community has been missing for nearly two years—and too few are counting the days. It’s been 600 days since ten-year-old Haimanot Kassou...

Oct 9, 2025, 10:06 PM

Koach on the Court: Why Basketball Is a Jewish Sport

“It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to desist from it.” — Pirkei Avot 2:21 From the Santa Monica Y to the public courts of New York — and even to the bright...

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Susan Cohen is a career journalist and community advocate, the second of four generations of her family to live in Tzfat.

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