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Adam O. Goldstein

Oct 2, 2026, 10:54 PM

A Plumber, a Dentist, 67 Minutes, and the Miracle of Survival

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There is an old joke that if you put two Jews in a room, you get three opinions. Apparently, if you put a plane full of people headed to Israel in an emergency, you discover a plumber who can...

Oct 2, 2026, 3:50 PM

Flydubai Flight FZ1073 and the indomitability of the Jews

Asaf Rajuan, one of the Israeli passengers who intervened in a terror attack on the pilot by his first officer on a flydubai flight, hugs another passenger from the same flight, as they arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)

We love life in ways that will always outpace the death-cult of those who would destroy us and we will always rise up to defend it - even if we had somewhere else to go

Oct 2, 2026, 1:32 PM

Isaiah: The Prophet Behind the Scroll

The author/soldier with his book "Jewish Journeys, The First Temple Period" (Koren: 2025). Photo ©️ T. Book, 2026

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is concluding a remarkably successful exhibition, "A Voice from the Desert: The Great Isaiah Scroll." For the first time in almost 60 years, the public has seen the complete scroll, more than seven meters...

Oct 1, 2026, 11:29 PM

What Sukkot knows about the mental load

Despite our egalitarian ideals, my wife runs our home for 51 weeks a year. And then, for one long holiday, Jewish law gives men like me that experience

Oct 1, 2026, 8:27 PM

Adam Brody: From Hot Rabbi to Hot Seat

It seems the producers of Netflix’s Nobody Wants This have gotten one thing correct: truly, nobody does want this. As a Jewish viewer, I was excited to watch the show, yet my enthusiasm turned to wariness within the first...

Eliezer Avraham

Oct 1, 2026, 6:08 AM

Bravery Without Borders: Honoring Modern Guardians of Jewish Life

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A proposal for Israel to establish a Presidential Citation for Civil Courage and a modern Righteous Guardians of Life classification for non‑Jews who save Jewish lives in moments of war or terror. The Moral Imperative to Recognize Courage Beyond Borders Israel...

Sep 30, 2026, 12:21 AM

What Kind of Brotherhood Are We Offering Our Sons?

When I saw the story out of Wisconsin, I recognized the scene before I even finished reading it. Police responding to an anonymous tip at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin–Madison said they found roughly...

Sep 30, 2026, 12:16 AM

Trust Them, Challenge Them: Hebrew Education Post-October 7

Hope and Resilience: A mixed-media artwork created by Maimonides eighth-grade student Jacob Levy as the artistic component of his Eitan Hebrew assessment, which he passed with excellence. Published with permission.

Aharon Appelfeld begins his story “Cold Spring,” set at the end of the Second World War, with these words: בְּאִחוּר שֶׁל שִׁבְעָה יָמִים נוֹדַע לָנוּ עַל סִיּוּם הַמִּלְחָמָה. סִפְּרוּ לָנוּ, כִּי הַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל סִיּוּם הַמִּלְחָמָה שִׂמְחָתוֹ הָיְתָה רַבָּה. וְאָמְנָם,...

Alexander Golberg

Sep 29, 2026, 12:35 PM

What 3,000 Years of Population Records Reveal About Who Belongs in Israel

Opinion Israel is often described today as a settler-colonial project: Europeans implanted on land that was never theirs. It is a serious charge, and the useful thing about it is that it can be tested without appealing to anyone's...

Sep 29, 2026, 2:33 AM

The Canaanite Question

Masada street in Haifa has a bohemian stretch of bars, and you can meet some interesting people there with a diverse range of ideas. Amongst Arabs that I met on Masada, a defiant Palestinian identity is the prevailing mood....

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