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Jun 23, 2026, 7:43 PM

Why Now is the Time to Invest in Israeli Higher Ed

Bar-Ilan University (Courtesy)

Against the backdrop of prolonged conflict, Israel is navigating a defining moment—one that is reshaping not only its security landscape, but the future of its people and institutions. As Americans looking toward Israel’s future, we have an opportunity to...

Jun 23, 2026, 5:20 AM

Resilient, Resourceful, and Utterly Knackered

Office workers napping. (AI graphic by Marni Davimes).

I may be secular, but dear God, am I praying for a nap.

Jaclyn S. Clark

Jun 22, 2026, 11:54 PM

They Called Zionism a Disease. The Feds Just Called It Discrimination

(Gemini)

I spent the spring arguing that after Chiles, it was civil-rights law — not licensing boards — that still had teeth for Jews in the mental health field. Last week, the federal government reached for it. Picture the chair. Not a...

Jun 20, 2026, 5:02 PM

From Lab to Life: Alzheimer’s Breakthrough

Amyloid plaque: depositphotos.com In November, I will turn 84. According to statistics, between 78 and 84, some 13% (one in about 7.5 persons) already suffer from dementia, and between 84 and 89, that stat rises to one in five. For...

Jun 19, 2026, 9:53 AM

Chronic Pain and the People Who Cannot Describe It

What happens when someone is in pain but can no longer tell us? A week of nerve pain has forced me to confront that question. For most of the last six years I have lived with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)....

Jun 18, 2026, 3:37 PM

Book review: The Jewish Woman’s Health Handbook

The All in the Family episode Gloria and the Riddle aired in October 1972. Gloria asked the following riddle: A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies, and the boy is rushed to the...

Jun 17, 2026, 5:53 AM

The Yidkins Diet

Pesach may be long over, but that old adage, "Matzah, 18 minutes on the lips, a lifetime on the hips," is still just as true. With Summer almost upon us, it can only mean one thing: We all need...

Jonathan Weinkle

Jun 16, 2026, 8:32 AM

No Pray-er There

Your chatbot will gladly compose a prayer for you. Provide enough detail, and that prayer can be personalized to include your name, your spouse and children’s names, the specific needs you have for that day, and even some relevant scriptural...

Richard H. Schwartz

Jun 16, 2026, 5:11 AM

World Cup: As The World Burns, There is a Solution

This article was co-authored by Rabbi Shammai Enngelmayer The World Cup kicked off on June 11, and climatologists are warning that at least a quarter of its 104 matches may be played in temperatures of at least 90°F (33.2C), with...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Jun 14, 2026, 5:25 PM

What Gilad Janklowicz Understood About Our Bodies and Television

Gilad Janklowicz, who died on June 9 at the age of 71, spent forty-two years coaching viewers through a screen. A former Israeli decathlon champion, he had moved to California to train for the Olympics until an Achilles injury...

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