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Jun 21, 2026, 6:15 PM

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love K-Dramas

My daughter kept plugging a Korean historical drama on Netflix about a cooking competition, and I couldn’t understand the appeal. I’m a reader, and not much of a cook. Why would I waste time on a fantasy cooking show in...

Nette Berelson-Hatan

Jun 21, 2026, 5:04 PM

Esau’s Eye Exam

Esau suffered from spiritual nearsightedness. He couldn’t see clearly into the distance, but could only see visibly up close. The distant site was blurry, and in his desperation to satisfy his immediate need, he made a bad deal. This...

Jun 18, 2026, 10:28 PM

The October 9th Jew

There is a kind of Judaism that appears in moments of danger. Under threat. When the Hamans rise up, Jews gather. When decrees are issued, Jews remember who they are. When the world presses against us, something deep awakens. We...

Jun 17, 2026, 10:43 PM

The View From The Promised Land

Please read the following quotes: “With regard to your inclination toward a feeling of sadness, a good remedy for it is to have it firmly engraved on your mind that G‑d, the Creator of the world, watches over everyone individually...

Jun 16, 2026, 6:45 PM

Dybbooks: When Possessions Possess Dusty Dreams

Like a modern lyrical Cassandra, the songstress Marina Diamandis sings: "If you are not very careful Your possessions will possess you TV taught me how to feel Now real life has no appeal (Lyrics from Marina and The Diamonds – Oh No!) And as I...

Shayna Goldberg

Jun 16, 2026, 7:02 AM

Living between headlines

Israelis are no strangers to living with uncertainty. But there is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from repeatedly preparing for futures that never arrive. I don't think it is the fear that is exhausting us. I think it...

Jun 16, 2026, 4:18 AM

On Faith in Bitter Times

There is a concept so fundamental to Jewish thought that it appears in Mishlei almost as a throwaway line, a truth so obvious it barely needs stating: Lev melachim v'sarim b'yad Hashem — the heart of kings and ministers...

Paul Mendlowitz

Jun 14, 2026, 9:44 PM

How the Ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Destroyed Reason and Common Sense – Victims Galore

There was a time when Judaism produced giants who saw no contradiction between Torah and reason. The greatest example remains Maimonides, the Rambam, who was simultaneously a rabbi, physician, philosopher, scientist, and legal scholar. He believed that the human...

Jun 14, 2026, 5:36 PM

Killing in the Name of God

The science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke suggested that killing in the name of God might be a fairly good definition of insanity. Sounds reasonable. If God created the world, then we are all His creations. And the idea that God...

Eliezer Avraham

Jun 14, 2026, 5:28 PM

America 250 | Essay 4: From Ellis Island to the American Dream

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A journey of hope and reinvention as families crossed an ocean with faith and determination, weaving Jewish resilience into the American fabric. From Exile to Arrival They came with little more than hope. Between 1880 and 1924, nearly two million Jews...

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