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Sep 8, 2026, 1:48 AM

Politicization and Commercialization: Selichot Traditions

The annual cycle prompts memories at certain times of year. As a young adult, it hit me that for several consecutive years I made critical decisions amidst the Tishrei holidays, if not at the end of Elul, then by...

Bernard P. Markowicz

Sep 6, 2026, 5:50 AM

Happy Birthday, Shalom Hanoch!

Photo by Bernard Markowicz

For six decades, he has shown that Israeli rock can be intimate, critical and unmistakably itself. On September 1, Shalom Hanoch turned 80. Israel’s Kan 88 marked the occasion with a four-hour listener poll and broadcast devoted to his music....

Sep 5, 2026, 5:23 PM

When Foundational Concepts Become Questions

The Declaration of Independence of Israel deserves the same critical scrutiny. It is unquestionably one of the foundational texts in the history of Israel. Yet its foundational status cannot exempt it from historical analysis. The Declaration was drafted under...

Sep 4, 2026, 3:49 PM

I Don’t Ask What Their Disability Is. I Ask What They Need to Succeed

Every new school year begins with questions. Parents wonder whether their children will find their place. Teachers wonder how the class will come together. Organizations like ours prepare programs, train teams and set goals for the year ahead. But this year,...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Sep 4, 2026, 3:16 PM

God is in the field — but I live in the city

We are elbows-deep into Elul, and they tell us that God is in the fields. This is an old teaching: During the month before the High Holy Days, the King leaves the palace and comes out to meet us where...

Sep 2, 2026, 8:54 PM

A new home, with Israel at its center

Tobias Siegal with a group of young Jewish adults during his previous visit to Charlotte, North Carolina, in October 2025. (Courtesy)

Last year, I arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a suitcase and a return ticket. I was there for a two-week assignment on behalf of the Jewish Agency - long enough to meet people, begin conversations and get a sense...

Sep 2, 2026, 8:51 PM

Nitzavim–Vayelech: No Violence in the Name of Torah or the Land

Near the end of Parashat Nitzavim, Moses makes an enigmatic statement: “The hidden things belong to the Lord our God, but the revealed things belong to us and to our children forever, to fulfill all the words of this Torah”...

Sep 1, 2026, 12:36 PM

What Reservists Bring Back From War

Alongside a group of reserve soldiers, and on behalf of “SOS Israel: Support Our Soldiers,” I had the privilege of discussing with Prime Minister Netanyahu the challenges facing reserve soldiers coming back from reserve duty. We shared with the...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Aug 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

The Cultural Freedom Dolly Parton Protected

Every performer has a cultural space around them: the people who come, who listen, who sing the songs at their own weddings. Dolly Parton, who died in Nashville on Tuesday at 80, stood at the center of one of...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 30, 2026, 6:34 AM

India Naftali Interviews Eduardo Bolsonaro on Politics and 2026 Race

Tel Aviv — In an interview conducted by India Naftali, a renowned journalist specializing in international politics and Israeli affairs, federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, addressed key issues on both the national and global...

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