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Sep 20, 2026, 9:37 AM

If Britain Breaks, What Would It Mean for Israel?

Britain breaking up?

What until recently sounded largely theoretical has become a little less so. Meeting in Cardiff this week, the leaders of the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Féin signed an agreement asserting the right of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to...

Sep 20, 2026, 9:36 AM

Israel Does Not Need Celebrity Approval

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Why should the opinion of a singer, actor or artist be important to Israel? Whether it is Ed Sheeran, Pink, members of Pink Floyd or any other famous person who suddenly feels qualified to lecture Israel, do they honestly believe...

Sep 20, 2026, 9:31 AM

Ashamnu: When Righteous Causes Forget the Other

This Yom Kippur, one word keeps returning to me: Ashamnu. We have sinned. But this year I hear it in a very specific way: we have stopped considering the other. Inside Israel, we see it in our actions. A road was blocked, and...

Gabriella Jacobs

Sep 20, 2026, 9:17 AM

A slightly less selfish Yom Kippur wish list

I have a confession to make before Yom Kippur: I am often pretty self-centered in my davening. For as long as I can remember, the majority of my Yamim Noraim prayers have been devoted to my own little collection of...

Sep 20, 2026, 9:12 AM

A Lamentation for Jerusalem: Remembering Emek Refaim

Construction on Emek Refaim - (c) Ilana Brown

I used to love to walk on Emek Refaim. No matter the weather, it was the best part of my day. I could find myself imagining the street from any time in the past, and everyone was there. Maybe...

Eliezer Avraham

Sep 20, 2026, 8:47 AM

October 7: The Courage That Rises When the World Falls

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An exploration of faith, identity, and the quiet resolve that emerged in the aftermath When the World Became Unrecognizable There are moments in Jewish history when the ground beneath us gives way, when the moral order collapses in an instant....

Henry Greenspan

Sep 20, 2026, 8:45 AM

The Trail Book of Life

This is a very short story suitable for Yom Kippur but probably not for children. Over several years, I took part of the break between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur to hike in New York's Adirondack Mountains with my friend,...

Sep 20, 2026, 8:39 AM

Mental Health In The Parsha – Yom Kippur: The Hardest Person to Forgive

There's one name that never seems to make it onto my list of people to forgive. My own. I can forgive almost anyone else. I can believe, most days, that Hashem forgives me. But somewhere in the middle there's a...

Sep 20, 2026, 7:24 AM

Who Am I Kidding? Not Him.

In a few hours, I will stand before G-d on Yom Kippur. Before I do, I find myself asking a simple question: Who am I kidding? Certainly not G-d. I may sometimes kid the people around me and, more dangerously, I...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 20, 2026, 7:05 AM

Prof. Emanuel Tov And The Sons of Israel or God Tahrif – Deuteronomy 32:8

Professor Emanuel Tov, the Magnes Professor of Bible (emeritus) in the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University, where he received his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies points out that the Haʾazinu poem towards the end of Deuteronomy (Deut 32:1–43),...

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