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Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Oct 13, 2026, 4:44 AM

Here We Go Again: Seinfeld and the Disgrace of Onstage Meltdowns

In November 2006, Michael Richards stood onstage at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles and unleashed a racist tirade against Black audience members who had interrupted his performance. Richards, then best known for playing Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld, repeatedly...

Oct 13, 2026, 12:04 AM

The Knife and the Book

Mt. Sinai - Photograph by David Raphael

In our synagogue, perhaps like synagogues around the world the big issue we struggle with, perhaps every year, is why the Torah Reading for the second day of Rosh Hashana the Akedah, the Binding of Isaac. It puts, quite...

Jonathan Shavit

Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PM

Children of Abraham: A review

Published this year, its author Marc David Baer attempts to apply much-needed nuance to a topic, Jewish-Muslim relations, that usually veers into myths of interfaith utopia or perennial antagonism. Spanning the period from Islamic rule to the present, Baer...

Oct 8, 2026, 11:06 PM

Simon and Schuster’s Double Standard with Susan Abulhawa

On September 29, Simon & Schuster published new editions of two novels by Susan Abulhawa. Its Washington Square Press imprint released both a 20th-anniversary edition of Mornings in Jenin and a new edition of The Blue Between Sky and Water. The...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Oct 8, 2026, 2:34 PM

Parashat Bereshit: You Can Easily Focus on Life’s Infinite Goodness

After having written my two books which explain and express Jewish mysticism and Torah, I feel like I have so much to say on Parashat Bereshit, but will keep what I have to say to its essence, its elements...

Oct 7, 2026, 8:20 PM

The Royal House of Kanaani Est. 2026

Why a Jerusalem-born cat breed is being recognized as the Heirs to King Solomon’s Feline Throne In 2026, I established the Royal House of Kanaani, a cultural, ceremonial and preservation institution dedicated to the future of the rare Jerusalem-born Kanaani...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:28 AM

Crown Princess Laila of the Royal House of Kanaani Gives Birth to Three Kittens

Crown Princess Laila Yom Tov of the Royal House of Kanaani Gives Birth to Three Kittens October 5, 2026 — Three new lives, a new generation, and the Crown of Compassion On October 5, 2026, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Laila...

Oct 2, 2026, 1:32 PM

Isaiah: The Prophet Behind the Scroll

The author/soldier with his book "Jewish Journeys, The First Temple Period" (Koren: 2025). Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is concluding a remarkably successful exhibition, "A Voice from the Desert: The Great Isaiah Scroll." For the first time in almost 60 years, the public has seen the complete scroll, more than seven meters...

Janet Bond Brill

Sep 28, 2026, 9:24 PM

She Danced for the Gestapo. Then She Danced the Hora

One of my favorite photographs of my mother-in-law, Edna, sits on my desk. She is high above a dance floor, lifted on a chair during the hora. Her platinum curls are immaculate. Her mouth is wide open in a...

Tony D. Senatore

Sep 25, 2026, 5:43 PM

More on The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and Tolkien

I've been thinking about something that feels increasingly relevant to how we understand the world. The Bible tells us that there is a struggle between good and evil, and that ultimately good will prevail. Tolkien takes that ancient idea...

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