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Gabriella Jacobs

Sep 2, 2026, 8:15 PM

A Jewish scavenger hunt through South America

My husband has apparently received an unexpectedly high number of questions lately about whether his wife is Brazilian. I am not Brazilian, (which I'm sure shocks you). I am, however, a proud product of a family that considers Brazil, Argentina,...

Shayna Goldberg

Sep 1, 2026, 8:01 PM

When we forget, God remembers

This Rosh Hashana, I'm grateful that He remembers the father I remember. The strong, wise one I could turn to with any question, before Alzheimer's began taking him from us

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 29, 2026, 10:19 AM

Biohacking and Longevity “Tech”

The miracle drug? The ultimate “biohack”. The best “longevity medicine”. It has been sitting there all along. Want a Longer Life? Try Righteousness We spend billions trying not to die. Supplements. Wearables. Cold plunges. Continuous glucose monitors. Hyperbaric chambers. Rapamycin. NAD+. Special...

Aug 28, 2026, 5:53 PM

The Myth of the Cheap Israeli Vacation: What 4 Days in Eilat Actually Cost

The idea of an Israeli family vacation is a myth. What 4 days in Eilat actually cost is something we learned the way. This trip started the summer before at Kibbutz Lotan, which's about forty-five minutes north of Eilat....

Adam S. Ferziger

Aug 28, 2026, 3:38 PM

Rising from shiva for Ally: The math teacher who never counted anyone out

As the traditional seven days of shiva came to an end, our family — our close mishpahah — rise from the low chairs. In the wake of a sudden and incomprehensible tragedy, the natural human instinct is to fixate...

Aug 24, 2026, 6:00 PM

Happy Holy Days or Days of Terror

This essay written 15 years ago still seems irreverently relevant In the context of a less than fully gratifying political, economic, diplomatic and environmental period, it has been somewhat difficult to find the vein of humor and cheer for this...

Aug 23, 2026, 11:28 AM

Israel’s Most Powerful Weapon Is Normal Life

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

When people speak about Israel’s strength, they usually reach for the obvious examples. The Israel Defense Forces. The Iron Dome. The Air Force. Mossad. Cybersecurity. Medical innovation. Intelligence. Technology. All of these are important, but after years of watching Israel...

Julian Ungar-Sargon

Aug 21, 2026, 7:45 PM

Sometimes the dead do not wait for us beneath the earth. They wait within the letters that still bear their names. I remember almost nothing of the walk through the abandoned cemetery. Only the shock. One tall granite stone. Standing. Alone. Every other monument had yielded to weather, neglect, and time. Broken. Fallen. Swallowed by grass and silence. Yet...

Menachem Elyah Paull

Aug 21, 2026, 6:02 PM

Why I Am Leaving Montreal at 70 · עוזב בגיל שבעים

The Erasure Aliyah at Seventy — Post One of Three Menachem Elyah Paull Nine months ago I asked an editor in Jerusalem to erase me. She did it in two days. Two days. I have waited longer than that for a plumber. I have...

Carol Silver Elliott

Aug 19, 2026, 11:14 PM

I had a recent opportunity to speak at Friday night services at a congregation in Colorado Springs that I had never attended before. The rabbi, a long-time friend, asked me to include a side trip to Colorado Springs on...

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