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Richard H. Schwartz

Sep 24, 2026, 10:15 AM

Sukkot: A Universal Holiday with a Message for Humanity

Sukkot commemorates the Israelites dwelling in temporary shelters during their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness and is deeply rooted in Jewish history, Scripture, and tradition. Yet it also has an extraordinary universal dimension. Its teachings point beyond...

Sep 18, 2026, 7:07 PM

Baptism 2030: Israel, Jordan and Palestine Unlock Kahlat and the Copper Scroll?

Israel and Jordan Prepare for the 2,000th Anniversary of the Baptism: Could Academic Cooperation Reveal the Secrets of Kahlat and the Copper Scroll? The year 2030 will mark 2,000 years since the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River—an event...

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

Sep 18, 2026, 5:15 AM

You’re invited to join Jewish events at Climate Week NYC

There is something wonderful about New York Climate Week. For one week each year, New York becomes a gathering place for people from around the world who are determined to find solutions to one of the greatest challenges of our...

Sep 14, 2026, 7:30 PM

From Jerusalem to Jericho, Did Gold Classify Water Quality in the Copper Scroll?

From “Waters of Gold” to a Water Registry: The Linguistic Sources of the Copper Scroll The use of “gold” as a metaphor for exceptional quality, purity, and supreme value is familiar in modern Hebrew expressions such as “the golden age,”...

Sep 12, 2026, 5:03 PM

The High Holidays Climate Verdict: Ancient Mediterranean Survival in Warming Era

The High Holidays Climate Verdict

Every autumn, as the Jewish calendar pivots from the solemn introspection of Rosh Hashanah to the open-air vulnerability of Sukkot, tradition introduces a quiet, existential question. According to the Mishnah, it is during Sukkot that the world is judged...

Sep 9, 2026, 2:14 PM

Kahlat and the Hidden Archive of Section 60: Jordan River and Copper Scroll

Geographic Background and Identification Traditions: Ein Samiya versus Ein Kahlat Over the years, research on the Copper Scroll has examined several sites in an attempt to identify the mysterious location called “Kahlat.” Ein Samiya (in the Wadi Yitav system): The largest...

Sep 3, 2026, 7:57 PM

A Queen’s Gambit: The Sacrifice And The Message

Politics is often spoken through dog-whistles. According to the Blue Square Alliance, "…dog whistles are coded signals–phrases, numbers, or symbols–that carry a hidden meaning. To most people they look harmless, but to those inside extremist circles they are instantly recognizable…The...

Sep 3, 2026, 4:58 AM

Choosing To Trust Queen Esther In The Olam Hafuch

The path Jewish progressives walk is narrow and suspended over an ever-widening divide between their community and their politics. I don't envy progressive Jews or really anyone Jewish located within the left umbrella, all the moreso for how eager...

Sep 1, 2026, 3:05 PM

Facing the 9/11 of global warming in Nepal

There was no premeditated attack. Just a combination of the complex laws of nature, and the ways we have altered fragile balances over decades. Like 9/11, the images had the same raw, visceral power: millions of cubic meters of...

Aug 30, 2026, 6:09 PM

Jericho area: A New Hypothesis on Mysterious Latin Letters in the Copper Scroll

The Copper Scroll: Are Its Mysterious Foreign Letters Codes Used by Ancient Water Engineers? The Uniqueness of the Jericho District and the Concentration of the Greek Signs One of the most striking features of the Copper Scroll is not the meaning...

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