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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...

Anastasia Torres-Gil

Aug 18, 2026, 3:05 AM

Lifechanging: How Hadassah Connected Me to a Wonderful Global Community

Sixteen years ago, I wasn’t the same person I am today. My mother had just died –unexpectedly – at the too young age of 72. My heart ached. My world felt upside down. I needed something new. Something different....

Aug 12, 2026, 5:05 AM

When your home shakes: The earthquake in Colombia

I left my birth country as a young child, but my strong ties to the place came to the fore when my Abuelita didn't answer her phone after the 7.4 quake

Aug 7, 2026, 7:19 PM

Inches to Metric: Creating Sacred Spaces – Mercaz Kopin

Mercaz Kopin circa 2000. Photo Beth Kopin

Follow your inner voice. When I was a little girl, we lived on the South Side of Chicago in a modest (white box) home. My parents hired a designer. The transformation was magical. I was dazzled/hooked! By the age of...

Joseph C. Kaplan

Aug 6, 2026, 11:08 PM

Exchange with a very good friend

A number of friends of my generation who rarely comment on my columns emailed me about my latest, where I discussed my contrasting feelings toward America’s bicentennial and semiquincentennial (“Belated Anniversary Wishes”). Many, including one who actually attended our...

Carol Silver Elliott

Aug 5, 2026, 4:12 AM

Flights of Fancy

Can you imagine taking all of the elders in a nursing home and going, by plane, to exotic places? Many of these individuals have complex medical issues, they are in wheelchairs with limited mobility and their health needs ongoing...

Jul 22, 2026, 4:54 AM

Before the MOU: Building the Partnership

Dennis Trinkle, President & CEO of TechIndiana, and Dr. Ronen Hoffman, President of the EIS Council, lead discussions during the June 5 Indiana ⇄ Israel resilience working session at the Indiana Statehouse. The convening laid the groundwork for the partnership later formalized in Israel.

Building Before the Signature International partnerships are often judged by the moment an agreement is signed. The photographs are published. The announcement is shared. Organizations celebrate the milestone. What is rarely discussed is the work that makes those moments possible. Several months before...

Jul 20, 2026, 7:59 PM

What Babka Taught Me About Belonging

I have a lot of chocolate babkas in my freezer. 13 to be exact. They’re all from my favorite place, Coffee Redefined, in Brooklyn. It takes me over two hours to get there and back, so I only make...

Jul 6, 2026, 3:34 AM

Open Letter to Dr. Anna Cohen

Dear Dr. Cohen, Through this open letter, I address your recent statement on the program “Shqip” on Dritare TV, hosted by Rudina Xhunga, in which you declared: “In 1492, Vlora had 90% Jews and 10% Albanians.” This statement has triggered...

Miriam Veronica Neifakh

Jun 22, 2026, 11:58 PM

The Friendship Crisis of Olim and Israelis

AI-generated illustration by the author.

I've been in Israel for four years. In these four years I've changed friend groups more times than I've changed apartments, from fellow post-Soviet olim like me, to Latin American communities, to party Tel Avivians, to a religious circle...

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