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Yoseph Janowski

Sep 28, 2026, 12:58 PM

Out in the Sukah — feeling protected

When reports of antisemitism are about to ruin your whole day, try going out to the Sukkah. At first you feel vulnerable, but then you remember, that when we left Egypt and travelled in the desert, clouds protected us....

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 28, 2026, 3:56 AM

Hard-Code G-d Into AI

Artificial intelligence cannot answer only to human commands. It must be built to serve the goodness of G-d and protect the people and world He created. A friend told me about a colleague who accepted lucrative night work after his...

Sep 27, 2026, 2:14 PM

“I always wanted a real home with flowers on the windowsill.” — Carol King, popular song from the 1970s Within hours of first breathing the cattle car’s nauseating air, we began to feel at home. “Home” was the edge of...

Sep 27, 2026, 10:32 AM

On July 27, 1656, the Portuguese Jewish congregation of Amsterdam laid upon Baruch Spinoza a cherem, the ban that cuts a Jew off from the community, for the heresies the sentence accused him of practicing and teaching. Spinoza was...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 27, 2026, 4:56 AM

Analysing Moses – Take off your Sandals.

Taking Off Your Sandals: Humility Before God, Responsibility Before Others Approach revelation with humility. Trust God with the unseen. Use your intellect—and protect other people’s rights. Moses عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ approaches a fire. Then he hears a command that changes the significance...

Sep 25, 2026, 11:48 PM

Shamati L’Libi: I Listened To My Heart

Grave of author's great-grandfather in Machpelah cemetary.

Photo by Zarachti Nur, July 2026.

Shamati L'Libi The air is thin up here It's too far to see Israel No matter how clear Still my heart knows East is the way home That my dreams show Staying put is dismal Only one place to be Endless stories to tell I've held back too long Now...

Adam S. Ferziger

Sep 25, 2026, 1:38 PM

Life is a fragile booth: The ‘falling sukkah’ redemption

Sukkah roofs. (Wikimedia Commons)

Even when the walls shake, in times of personal and national crisis, internal division, and real exposure, we seek comfort in the sukkah's 'shade of faith'

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 25, 2026, 5:51 AM

Abraham’s Question – Part 2.

Abraham’s Question — Part 2 The Prophet Who Asked for Evidence Abraham عَلَيهِ‌السَّلام asked a question. Not because he had abandoned faith. Not because he had concluded that resurrection was impossible. He asked because belief and demonstration are not the same thing. The Qur’an records...

Sep 25, 2026, 12:25 AM

Do you ever sit alone thinking about how HaShem controls everything in your life?

Rashi, the great Jewish Commentator says (Shoftim): “Go with HaShem in temimah (simplicity) and look only towards Him. Do not busy yourself with worries about the future.” There are two paths in life. You can be busy with worries about the future or You can look...

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

Sep 25, 2026, 12:24 AM

A Sukkeleh A Kleine: A little sukkah made from simple boards and covered with a little schach

The Sukkah: Our Hishtadlut and Our Bitachon There is something striking about the way we celebrate Sukkot. For seven days, we leave the security and comfort of our homes and move into a temporary dwelling. We eat there, spend time...

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