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Priyanka Chandel

Oct 8, 2026, 11:52 PM

Children of Israel-Gaza: War, Trauma & Healing

The third anniversary of 7 October 2023 arrives this week. On that day Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took 251 hostages, children among them. The last hostage was returned to Israel on 26 January 2026,...

Walter Estever Gonzalez

Oct 1, 2026, 6:10 AM

The Shooting Lasted Ten Minutes

W. E. Gonzalez with his nieces Luna and Estrella at the Philadelphia Marathon in November 2012, during the years when distance running was a regular part of his life.

The shooting lasted about ten minutes. It took me seven to finish breakfast. My wife, my mother-in-law, and my father-in-law were sheltering in the safest part of the house while gunfire echoed outside. I had found the spot for them...

Sep 29, 2026, 1:48 AM

You Can’t Teach a Child to Be a Mensch

When I begin studying a Torah portion with a B’nei Mitzvah student, I usually tell them that we probably aren't going to find “the” answer. We start with curiosity. What catches your attention? What seems strange? What doesn't make...

Daphne Lazar Price

Sep 24, 2026, 10:14 PM

The last days of the perfect ‘fruit gem’

Sunkist Fruit Gems. (via Amazon)

Some years ago, my spouse and his best friend opened a kosher candy store in our neighborhood shopping center. On some level, they were living out a childhood fantasy, especially since my father-in-law was a dentist. I imagine sugar...

Menachem Elyah Paull

Sep 21, 2026, 8:01 PM

My Baby Girl and Her Baby Girl

Rosh Hashanah is here, my granddaughter turns three this week, and I am sitting here crying as I write this. B’ezrat Hashem, next year I may be spending the High Holidays in Israel. I should be thinking about that...

Sep 17, 2026, 6:42 AM

The Children of Gaza

Photo Crrdits: Sabine Sterk ( AI, Gemeni)

The Children of Gaza I am sick of watching the children of Gaza being turned into one gigantic accusation against Israel, as though this war began because Israel suddenly decided that it wanted to fight children, while the ideology that...

Robert Lichtman

Sep 17, 2026, 4:40 AM

I Can Be Swayed

These are the Days of Awe, yes. But deep within our Machzor are moments when joy and optimism break through our anxieties. I feel fortunate to be in a minyan that recognizes those moments and celebrates them as each...

Sep 15, 2026, 12:24 AM

Twenty-five years after 9/11

Twenty-five years after the Twin Towers fell, a reporter working on a story about our family’s 9/11 experience told me something that I had never realized: my son Jacob's first memory was breathing through a wet sleeve on the...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Sep 11, 2026, 2:50 PM

Demography as Destiny: Israel’s Really Good News

With the Jewish New Year upon us, we all wish for good news in the coming annum. But it’s been here all along. I’ll start far away, and then quickly move to Israel. Over the past five years, Japan has...

Sep 10, 2026, 9:34 AM

Divorce is traumatic but can be made child-healthy: Erica Komisar’s must-read book

“Divorce is a traumatic experience but there are ways to mitigate it, to help all involved handle it better” says Erica Komisar. “Parents and courts should take the child’s developmental stage into account, and stop thinking of children as...

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