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Anastasia Torres-Gil

Aug 18, 2026, 3:05 AM

Lifechanging: How Hadassah Connected Me to a Wonderful Global Community

Sixteen years ago, I wasn’t the same person I am today. My mother had just died –unexpectedly – at the too young age of 72. My heart ached. My world felt upside down. I needed something new. Something different....

Gershon Blumstein

Aug 18, 2026, 12:40 AM

A Judaism That Honors Every Individual

Judaism has never been an abstract system. It has always been a lived experience — fragile, intimate, human. I have watched people walk into Jewish spaces hoping to be seen, only to walk out feeling smaller. If Judaism is...

Aug 18, 2026, 12:30 AM

What’s in a Name

My sister and I were the unfortunate bearers of names with Cultural Significance, but not in the way you might think. I was born just a few years before the movie Star Wars appeared on the scene, and my...

Aug 17, 2026, 7:06 PM

Do Not Raise the Axe

The Kanaani’s journey from the Gates of Eden to America and Finland

Adrienne Skolnik

Aug 17, 2026, 12:49 PM

The Real Mamdani Vote

There is a misconception as to which religious population’s vote caused the election of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Misleading comments have been made that it was the Jewish vote that won him this victory. Truth be told, not only...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Aug 17, 2026, 11:47 AM

The Democratic Party’s Jewish Reckoning Has Arrived

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan victory has forced Jewish Democrats to confront a question their party can no longer evade: How much are Jewish voters expected to tolerate in the name of defeating Donald Trump? There comes a point when political loyalty...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:46 AM

Attention Is Cheap. Impact Is Not

Under my name on this very blog are four words: “Articles Crafted for Action.” I chose them deliberately. I have never been particularly interested in adding more commentary to a world already drowning in it. If I am going to...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:08 AM

When Jews Assimilate into the World Around Them

“Mattathias and the Apostate,” Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

From Hellenistic Judea to American Judaism We tend to remember Jewish history as a series of encounters between Jews and outsiders: Jews and Greeks, Jews and Romans, Jews and Christians, Jews and the modern nation-states of Europe. But some of...

Aug 17, 2026, 11:05 AM

Don’t Wait for Tragedy to Bring America Together!

America Needs a 9/12 Without a 9/11 September 11, 2001, was a day of unimaginable horror and loss. But those who lived through it also remember something remarkable about the next day. On September 12, America felt different. Flags appeared everywhere. Strangers...

Aug 17, 2026, 10:33 AM

Psychology’s Blind Spot: Jewish Mental Health

As antisemitism rises globally and many Jews report feeling increasingly isolated in schools, workplaces, and public life, one might expect psychology to pay greater attention to Jewish identity and mental health. Yet Jewish identity remains largely absent from the...

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