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Jul 16, 2026, 11:27 PM

The Stories Men Tell About Their Lives (Devarim)

The Book of Deuteronomy begins with Moses telling a story. He stands at the edge of the Promised Land and looks backward. He remembers the leaders he appointed, the spies who frightened the people, the choices that went wrong and...

Jul 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

Parshat Devarim: The Loneliest Word in the Torah

There is a moment coming this Shabbat that I want you to listen for. Devarim always falls on the Shabbat right before Tisha B'Av. The baal koreh will be moving along in the normal tune, and then he will hit...

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 12, 2026, 5:25 AM

There Is Still Time Today to Make Yesterday Jealous

It was an ordinary ride that delivered an extraordinary idea. Earlier this week, in Washington, D.C., I stepped into an Uber driven by a retired gentleman with a calm demeanor. Soft religious music played in the background. He greeted me...

Jul 10, 2026, 7:20 PM

When Couples Are Arguing With History

Illustrative AI image created by the author. When fear takes over, repair may begin with one small reach across the distance.

Since October 7, Jewish and interfaith couples are fighting about schools, safety, and whether to stay — arguments that are really conversations with the past. Naming that is the first step. Knowing what to do next is the second. It...

Jul 10, 2026, 9:16 AM

A Man Is His Word (Matot-Masei)

This week's Torah reading, Matot, opens with a sentence that sounds simple until you try to live by it: “If a man makes a vow to God or takes an oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not...

Jul 9, 2026, 10:02 PM

Parshat Matot-Masei: Every Stop on the Map

Let me share a piece of my week with you, because I am still a little undone by it. I got to hold my grandson. אמיתי שלום, a week into his life, in my arms at his brit. Ilan and Margalit...

Hadassah Chavivah Zeltzer

Jul 9, 2026, 10:09 AM

Thank you to the Times of Israel Blog Posts! For giving me a voice! Tzedeck Z.

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B"H July 8th 2026 23rd of Tamuz, 5786 To the Times of Israel! Todah Rabah! Thank you so much for giving me a voice and platform this past year to be able to share my feelings, thoughts, essays and ideas. And my art with the...

Jul 6, 2026, 3:08 PM

What October 7 brought into my consulting room

'In interfaith relationships, I increasingly see Jewish partners feeling profoundly alone in their experience.' (iStock)

Couples are grappling with inherited Holocaust fears and questions of identity – and prospective clients are increasingly asking whether therapists are Jewish

Jul 6, 2026, 3:12 AM

We Are Still In It: Diaspora Jews & the Grief that Changed Shape

We Are Still In It: Diaspora Jews & the Grief That Changed Shape

For many Jews in the diaspora, the world has moved on faster than our nervous systems have. The headlines have shifted. The public outrage has been redistributed. The language has changed. But for many of us, the rupture has...

Jul 5, 2026, 5:09 AM

American Men Need More Than Independence

As the United States marks 250 years since its founding, it is worth asking what kind of man this country has spent two and a half centuries trying to produce. The answer is not simple. American manhood has never been...

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