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Sep 8, 2026, 1:42 PM

Make Our Children Proud

On a Birthright bus (AI image)

Imagine a bus of Birthright participants, 40 from the U.S. and 10 from Israel. An Israeli soldier and an American student are sitting next to each other. The Israeli says: “My grandparents came to Israel to be safe in...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 7, 2026, 4:28 AM

Israel and Brazil United by Biblical Archaeology

The 9th edition of the International Congress of Biblical Archaeology (CIAB), organized by the Moriah International Center with support from Israel’s Ministry of Tourism, has established itself as both an academic and spiritual milestone. Well-structured and technically organized, the...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Sep 6, 2026, 6:42 PM

Jewish Day School Education: In Search of 21st Century Excellence

The Jewish day school and yeshiva is the most ambitious project the American Jewish community has ever undertaken. We ask a small school, with a modest budget, to do what no other school in America attempts: to create a...

Sep 6, 2026, 9:37 AM

The Judenplatz: Vienna Waits for You

There is a Vienna seen and celebrated, where tourists line up for a sense of majesty and the nostalgia of empire. They pass through the splendid halls of Schönbrunn Palace, beneath the chandeliers of the Opera House, and through...

Sep 6, 2026, 7:29 AM

Treasure Trove: Zionism from Jerusalem to Basel to Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh?

From the Herzl and Zionisim Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

This postcard extends Zion’s Greetings for the New Year and references in Hebrew three cities that were important to Zionism in 1905 when the postcard was mailed. First is Jerusalem, which needs no explanation. Second is Basel, which was the...

Sep 5, 2026, 10:00 AM

First, stand. Then, go.

What Nitzavim-Vayeilech taught me about finding my voice, standing still, and knowing when it's time to move

Sep 5, 2026, 9:49 AM

We Are Closer Than You Think

Upper School student in Maimonides School, Brookline, MA

Ever since I watched Rabbi Dov Huff teach a new song to our eighth graders at our weekly kumsitz several years ago, there is a phrase in Parshat Netzavim, and on our lips this time of year, that I have...

Sep 4, 2026, 3:47 PM

It is a chilling prophecy. The brutality of its truth is written across the tear-stained pages of Jewish history. All nations will ask, “Why did God do this to this land? Why the (sheer) wrath of this great anger?” They...

Silas Anastacio

Sep 3, 2026, 10:08 PM

Scholarship Fund Raises R$49.5M, Secures Studies for 865 Students

The campaign mobilized 4,518 donors and hundreds of volunteers; the closing event at Hebraica was marked by emotion and celebration with a traditional “Le Chaim.” The Annual Scholarship Fund Campaign of the Jewish Community of São Paulo concluded on Monday...

Sep 3, 2026, 5:04 AM

How to Get Kicked Out of Camp and Remain Religiously Intact – Part II

Continued from Part I Before packing our belongings, our group of five needed to let our parents know that we’d be coming home earlier than expected. While I don’t know how the other guys broke the news to their parents,...

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