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Aug 7, 2026, 12:57 AM

The Cost of Belonging: Conditional Inclusion for Jewish Psychologists

As the American Psychological Association's (APA) 2026 Annual Convention convenes in Washington, D.C. for what has been promoted as the "largest gathering of psychologists in the world," psychologists from across the globe will be coming together to share research,...

Aug 6, 2026, 10:13 PM

Unspoken Burden: Supporting Young Women on the Frontlines of Trauma

An ELI therapist meets in a confidential session. ELI provides specialized, trauma-informed clinical care to support female service members carrying complex or pre-existing trauma.

In the global narrative surrounding defense, military readiness is almost exclusively measured in hardware, intelligence superiority, and strategic deterrence. Yet in Israel, defense is fundamentally human, and deeply gendered. Israel’s unique national reality requires 18- and 19-year-old women to...

Aug 6, 2026, 1:06 PM

Parshat Re’eh: Nobody Can See It For You

Okay, there's a grammar thing at the start of this parsha that I couldn't unsee once somebody pointed it out. And the longer I've looked at it, the more it feels like it was written about me in particular. The...

Aug 5, 2026, 9:43 PM

America’s Rebbitzman’s Jewish Greeting Cheat Sheet

Jewish greeting anxiety is real.

With the High Holy Days fast approaching, many of you are probably facing the same question as you walk through the doors of your Temple, Shul, Synagogue, Schtieble, or rented out Church basement. That question is “what the hell...

Aug 4, 2026, 6:05 PM

From Lab to Life: Routine Helps Us Age Well

While I teach my students to practice openness to change, as a doorway to being more creative, I myself am a creature of routine. I eat oatmeal for breakfast, rise at 5 a.m. to walk our dogs, and am asleep...

Aug 4, 2026, 2:35 PM

Suicide Prevention: It’s not in the heavens

Preventing suicide is, admittedly, really complex and difficult. Tragically, we have lost three young people to suicide in the past two weeks. But: It’s also “not in the heavens.” Right down here on earth we can increase awareness and education about...

Jul 29, 2026, 9:23 PM

Parshat Eikev: The Dangerous Part Is Being Full

Here is something I have noticed about myself, and maybe you will recognize it. I pray a lot better when I am scared. When something is actually wrong, when I need something badly, I am all in. Focused, humble, meaning...

Natalie Sopinsky

Jul 29, 2026, 1:27 PM

The lie of the soft life

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No matter where you live, watching someone you love suffer and knowing you cannot ease their pain is hard. Israel trusts us to manage anyway

Gayle Kamen-Weinstein

Jul 29, 2026, 1:21 PM

Why I Keep Going Back to Israel

Gayle Kamen-Weinstein and Susan Cohen at the Museum of Tolerance (Courtesy)

When people learned I was traveling to Israel this summer, the question came almost every time, gently but persistently: Aren't you afraid? We are, after all, still living in the post-October 7, 2023, landscape, a period that has reshaped...

Deborah Villanueva

Jul 28, 2026, 8:08 PM

Reproductive Justice and the Sacred Work of Care

As a licensed clinical social worker and doctor of social work, I have spent much of my career sitting with people during some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives. Sometimes those moments involve trauma, grief, violence, poverty...

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