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Silas Anastacio

Sep 18, 2026, 12:14 AM

Rachel Safdie discusses fake news and Israel at Fisesp HQ

The Jewish Federation of the State of São Paulo (Fisesp), in partnership with the World Zionist Organization and the Scholarship Fund, hosted Brazilian-Israeli journalist and activist Rachel Safdie at an event in August. Titled “Feed, Fake News and Israel,”...

Vilda Rosenblad

Sep 17, 2026, 8:07 PM

A Swedish leftie is Painting Every Oct. 7 Victim

Autumn has a crisp grip on Sweden. I'm at home, in triple wool socks, bickering with the kids about their respective playdates and whom between me and my husband they expect to do the driving for them. I live...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 17, 2026, 4:29 AM

Tribute to Cris Monteiro: When Friendship Becomes History

This tribute marks a special moment for a truly remarkable person. Cris Monteiro, who has so often dedicated herself to honoring the Jewish people, now receives the recognition she deserves. Celebrated by rabbis and the Jewish community, Cris inaugurated her...

Sep 16, 2026, 11:13 PM

I never let my children fundraise, until now

Illustrative. A Haredi yeshiva, August 29, 2013. (Nati Shohat/ Flash90/ File)

When the Israeli government cut its subsidies for Haredi Torah study, the rabbis enlisted the community to make up the shortfall. Even the girls. Even my daughter

Sep 14, 2026, 6:34 PM

Does charity lessen the degree of the decree?

Before Rosh Hashana, and especially during the 10 days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Jews who need to raise money for whatever important cause love to squeeze out as much as they can from the prayer that we...

Sep 14, 2026, 8:27 AM

If you tell a lie often enough people believe it as fact

Many have died because of the greedy ambitions of a failing empire to have one last stab at survival. Palestinianism was created by Russia in 1964 using the Egyptian, Yasser Arafat, as a weapon with which to crush Israel and...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Sep 12, 2026, 10:59 AM

Rosh Hashanah Inspires Us to Change. Shabbat Makes Us Live It.

Rosh Hashanah asks us who we want to become. Shabbat returns every week to ask whether we are actually becoming that person. Have you noticed how often we hear “Shana Tova” this time of year and how easily “Shabbat Shalom”...

Sep 12, 2026, 12:26 AM

A Home Run, Pitch and Question for a New Year

The Home Run, Final Pitch, and Question for a New Year When we heard that Boy George was coming to Vancouver, we knew there was an opportunity. For nearly three years, Jews around the world have watched many of the voices...

Sep 10, 2026, 9:11 PM

Rosh Hashanah 2026/5787, A Time For Action

Antisemitic hatred of Jews is not caused by Benjamin Netanyahu, the “settlers,” or Donald Trump. It has existed in tandem with the several thousand years of Jewish existence. There is no excuse for it and no “reason” for it....

Stephen A. Cooper

Sep 9, 2026, 11:18 PM

Please restore Jeffery Lee’s LWOP sentence

An open letter to Alabama Governor Kay Ivey Looking back, in 2016, on his career for an article in the Selma Times-Journal, retired Alabama Judge Jack Meigs “said serving as a judge wasn’t an easy task.” He elaborated: “I didn’t...

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