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Jul 29, 2026, 7:34 AM

Speaking up was the turn. It wasn’t the finish line.

Speaking up was the turn. It wasn't the finish line. I used to think that once the words were out — once I'd finally said what happened, once other women stood up behind me — the hardest part was over. I...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 29, 2026, 6:50 AM

Fisesp Holds 19th Aging Seminar Focused on Rights, Care, and Active Longevity

Representatives from Fisesp, Unibes, CIP and Einstein

By 2030, Brazil will have more people aged 60 and over than children and adolescents up to 14 years old, according to IBGE projections. The rapid aging of the population brings new challenges to society and reinforces the need...

Jonathan Muskat

Jul 29, 2026, 12:22 AM

Beyond the Circle at the Kotel: From Ahavat Yisrael to Achdut

On Motzaei Tisha B’Av, I saw a picture circulating online. Jews of every imaginable background – religious and secular, from different communities and with different hashkafot – standing together at the Kotel, singing and dancing in a circle. It was...

Jul 27, 2026, 4:09 AM

One woman’s journey from fear to faith-rooted courage

For three years, I told myself that silence was love. Every time I chose not to speak, I convinced myself I was shielding the people I loved most from a pain I couldn't take back once it was out...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 26, 2026, 6:45 AM

From Freebies to Control: The Mechanics of the Mamdani Agenda

In the tight-knit Jewish neighborhoods of New York, humor has always been our primary armor against hardship. Growing up, I remember neighbors joking through grit and gritted teeth that they were so poor they "couldn’t afford the o or...

Jul 25, 2026, 9:00 AM

Israel Feels Like Home, Except I Cannot Live There

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

I am writing this from Thailand. It is summer vacation, and I am here with my family, thousands of kilometers away from Israel and the Netherlands. Yet somehow, Israel seems to follow me everywhere. When we arrived in Bangkok, one...

Orly Lavi Travish

Jul 24, 2026, 6:30 PM

More Than a Meal: Finding Life, Loss, and Connection in a Druze Family Restaurant

Some places we visit simply to satisfy our hunger, while others leave an indelible mark on our souls. For nearly two decades, my return trips to my homeland were dedicated to typical vacations, spending time with family, catching...

Jul 24, 2026, 6:28 PM

Before There Was a Synagogue, There Was a Dining Room

How two ordinary people built a Jewish community long before we had a building. Every Jewish community has people like Norm and Esther Wean. They aren’t rabbis or major philanthropists. Their names aren’t engraved on buildings. They simply open their homes,...

Jul 23, 2026, 7:06 PM

Roseanne Barr Invites Her Fellow Jewish Brothers and Sisters to Set One More Place

From One Empty Chair to a Worldwide Movement: How Ten Days Ignites Jewish Unity Ten days ago, this was simply an idea. Not a political movement. Not a government initiative. Not a campaign backed by a major institution. Just one simple invitation: Set one more...

Raheli Baratz Rix

Jul 21, 2026, 5:56 PM

Set One More Place at the Table

Every year, on the Shabbat right after Tisha B'Av, we read a haftarah that opens with words that have shaped Jewish identity for centuries: "Comfort, comfort My people, says your God" (Isaiah 40:1). Not comfort once. Comfort twice. It's...

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