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Nov 13, 2026, 12:38 PM

Should I stay or should I go?

I was in Israel for two weeks on a tourist trip and during that time, two elections of significance took place. The results were not surprising in either case. In Israel, the votes split between the right wing governing...

Nov 12, 2026, 1:28 PM

Israeli Artists Shine in Miami: Michelle Azout’s HOME | LAND Returns

Contemporary art exhibition HOME | LAND returns to Miami November 12-16 with an expansive showcase of 200 artworks from 45 Israeli artists. Founded in 2024 by Miami-based art advisor Michelle Azout, HOME | LAND was created in response to post-October...

Silas Anastacio

Nov 12, 2026, 10:04 AM

Isadora Cohen Marks Her Bat Mitzvah with an Unforgettable Celebration

A Bat Mitzvah is one of the most important milestones in Jewish tradition. Celebrated when a girl turns 12, it symbolizes her transition into religious adulthood, marking a new stage of responsibility, values, and commitment to the community. It...

Nov 11, 2026, 9:53 AM

Call Me Cold, Call Me Evil, But Betrayal Is Still Betrayal

Photo credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

When Jews March Alongside Supporters of Hamas, They Should Understand Exactly What They Are Standing For Call me cold, call me evil, call me whatever you want. I genuinely do not care anymore. But seeing Jews walking in anti Israel...

Nov 10, 2026, 4:11 AM

Lifechanging Hadassah: My Conversion Journey

The author pictured on the site of the Nova Music Festival two years after the October 7th massacre. Photo courtesy of the author.

Around the time I was 23 years old, I decided that I would convert to Judaism. Now I am approaching the two-year anniversary of the mikvah (ritual bath) immersion that marked the official beginning of my life as a...

Jordan Minev-Jones

Nov 9, 2026, 6:41 AM

We Cannot Afford Another Sinat Chinam

On November 1st, days after Israel's election, Haredi protesters and police clashed in Jerusalem after a yeshiva student had been arrested for not complying with conscription. Earlier that day, Haredi protesters at the Tel Hashomer IDF base tried to...

Gershon Blumstein

Nov 8, 2026, 12:15 AM

The Ballots Are Counted. The Covenant Remains.

A Jewish Community Must Be Bigger Than a Vote A few days ago, I hesitated before walking over to greet someone I have known for years. We have attended community events together, worked on Jewish causes together, and worried about many...

Nov 7, 2026, 9:36 AM

More Than Music: Yehuda Meitav, Memory, Resistance and the Courage to Speak Up

Some music entertains us. Some makes us think. And then there is music that reaches into our souls, awakens memories across generations, and reminds us who we are and why we must never forget. For me, the music of Yehuda...

Nov 6, 2026, 11:47 PM

The Jew as an Error in His Own Simulation

How condemnation and admiration hold Jewish life to an impossible image The world has acquired so many images of Israel that it can increasingly dispense with Israelis, those inconvenient inhabitants who continue to quarrel, fall in love, bury their parents...

Nov 5, 2026, 7:15 PM

The daughter-in-law

Avraham was old. Sarah had died. He too would not live forever, but his mission must. Avraham had a son, Yitzhak, who would follow his path and continue his legacy. However, he was single. Avraham acted, summoning his trusted...

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