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Nov 5, 2026, 3:17 PM

Teacher of the Hearts. Tribute to Leonard Cohen

Inna Rogatchi (C). Dreaming Sun. Postcards to Leonard. 2022.

Tribute to Leonard Cohen on the 10th anniversary of his passing With art by Michael Rogatchi © and Inna Rogatchi © Getting Ready for Farewell As it happened, despite I wrote many tributes and essays about Leonard, it was only one among...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:07 AM

Effective Communication: Why I Refuse to Sugarcoat the Truth About Israel

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk

There is one sentence I have heard countless times throughout my years of advocating for Israel, and every time I hear it, my irritation reaches another level. “Sabine, I agree with you one hundred percent, but you need to...

Dina-Perla Portnaar

Oct 28, 2026, 2:32 PM

The power to make someone else’s work mean less

Dina-Perla

Cultural authority, intellectual erasure, and the politics of legitimacy Becoming culturally powerful comes with the privilege of having your significance treated as established, while everyone else's remains open to negotiation. Beyond a certain threshold of recognition, success ceases to be...

Andy Blumenthal

Oct 25, 2026, 3:31 AM

Go Forth. Take the Porcelain Bird.

Every morning, I walk into the lobby of my building, a beautiful, modern complex with hundreds of units, and check the common table. It has become my daily ritual, like checking the weather, except more surprising. Yesterday: a stack of...

Dina-Perla Portnaar

Oct 22, 2026, 10:16 PM

What we owe the world, and what we don’t

Not everything that’s true about us deserves to be known. The art of living well may depend, in part, on knowing what to keep to ourselves. After having lived a life of full transparency out of conviction, I'm starting...

Oct 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

Interviewing Hanukkah Barbie in Malibu

As Hanukkah approached, my editor handed me the plum assignment: travel to Malibu to interview Hanukkah Barbie. Ever since the Hanukkah Barbie sweaters hit the stores, Barbie had been all the rage. And I was overjoyed. My dream assignment! A...

Oct 9, 2026, 5:47 AM

The Miser, the Cheapskate, and the Missing Check

“Mordechai, did you ever read ‘Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer?” “I think I read it during my freshman year at UM. I love Singer and his short stories. Why do you ask?” Moshe replied. “Well, yesterday,...

Oct 7, 2026, 5:35 PM

Inner Lights Throughout a Year: Art & Miracles

Shavuot. The Heaven’s Window. Watercolour, oil pastel, wax pastel, pigments, Luminance Caran d’Ache on authored original archival print on cotton paper. 2022-2026. Private collection, Finland.

Presentation of a new Inner Lights: Jewish Year art collection of the works of artistic interpretation of an annual circle of Jewish holidays Part III of 3 Part 1 can be read here. Part II can be read here. From Purim to the...

Oct 6, 2026, 3:41 PM

Inner Lights Throughout a Year: Art Dialogues

Hanukkah. Dialogue. Watercolour, oil pastel, wax pastel, pigments, Luminance Caran d’Ache, perle le blanc on authored original archival print on cotton paper. 2024-2026.

Presentation of Inner Lights: Jewish Year art collection featuring artistic interpretations of an annual circle of Jewish holidays Part 2 of 3 Part I can be read here. From Shemini Atzeret to the New Year for Trees Continuing the presentation of new Inner...

Oct 5, 2026, 6:57 PM

Inner Lights Throughout a Year: Art & Life

Inna Rogatchi (C). Circle of Hope.

Artistic re-examination of an annual Jewish Holidays New Art Collection Part I of 3 With a new Jewish year started recently, and the new Torah annual circle taking off, it is an appropriate time for presenting the new art collection re-examining an...

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