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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 12, 2026, 5:25 AM

There Is Still Time Today to Make Yesterday Jealous

It was an ordinary ride that delivered an extraordinary idea. Earlier this week, in Washington, D.C., I stepped into an Uber driven by a retired gentleman with a calm demeanor. Soft religious music played in the background. He greeted me...

Jul 7, 2026, 12:34 AM

The Spaces We Forget

When we tell the story of our lives, we usually begin with the milestones. We graduated. We married. Our children were born. We moved. We changed careers. We retired. These become the chapter headings of our personal histories, the...

Allen S. Maller

Jul 6, 2026, 3:36 AM

Av 9 Miracle of Jewish Ongoing Survival

Shia Islam and Judaism share a yearly day of mourning and fasting for a very tragic, sad, historical religious event that happened more than 13 centuries ago. For the Shia it was the slaughter and the tragic martyrdom of Prophet...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 4, 2026, 10:26 PM

The Abyss Taught Me That Connection Is Everything

This week I had one of the most frightening dreams of my life. In it, I was severed from everyone I had ever known or loved—not merely alone, but cast into an emptiness beyond light, beyond warmth, beyond relationship...

Yoseph Janowski

Jul 2, 2026, 8:52 PM

Our Jewishness is what antisemites hate, and what saves us

Antisemites hate the fact that Jews have what they don’t. Jews have a tradition of strong moral values based on Torah. Antisemites don’t have that. They don’t want to have it. But they also don’t want Jews to have it....

Jun 30, 2026, 7:38 PM

Breaking: Major Update on Red Heifer Program and National Training Push

A red heifer calf born last month in the hills of the Galilee has drawn renewed attention to a coordinated national effort to restore ritual purity after two thousand years. Discovered by a team member of the National Red...

Eliezer Avraham

Jun 29, 2026, 12:35 PM

America 250 | Essay 5: The Covenant and the Future

How a Shared Moral Story Between Jews and America Can Guide the Next 250 Years A Covenant That Faces Forward America’s 250th anniversary is more than a milestone. It is an invitation to reflect on the nation’s character, its aspirations, and...

Jun 27, 2026, 12:24 AM

When Liberty Met Faith

Several years ago, I went with my family to visit the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. Like so many Americans, we stood there looking at that famous cracked bell and tried to imagine how much history had passed through that room....

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...

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