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Nov 2, 2026, 7:05 PM

You Don’t Have to Heal Before You Love

Imagine someone who has lost a spouse. Months, perhaps years, have passed. One afternoon, a message arrives from someone they've recently met. They smile. For the first time in a long time, they feel a little excitement. And then...

Nov 1, 2026, 5:27 AM

Movember Is About More Than a Mustache. It’s About Brotherhood

In Genesis 4:9, God asks Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" Cain responds, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" It is a question born of evasion and an unwillingness to accept responsibility for another human being....

Oct 30, 2026, 3:41 PM

Mental Health in the Parsha – Parshat Va’era: Too Crushed to Hear Good News

This week Hashem gives the Jewish people the most beautiful promise imaginable. Freedom is coming. Not someday, not maybe. I will take you out, I will save you, I will redeem you, I will take you as My people....

Oct 30, 2026, 7:02 AM

The “I Am” in Hineni (Vayera)

Divorce has taught me how to count. I count days with my sons and days without them. I count flights, school breaks, costs, and the hours spent in conversations about where they will live and who will bring them...

Oct 29, 2026, 8:48 PM

The Aliyah Bubble Burst

(via Pexels, by Ketut Subiyanto)

It’s been eight months since I made aliyah and it’s been a tale of two halves. Even though I moved during a war, I’d found the transition to be relatively easy. I was living in a sublet that I’d...

Oct 29, 2026, 10:34 AM

One Woman’s Perspective

The blog below contains words about suicide. Although not graphic, some may find it activating. Please move past the following if there is any doubt. * * * It seems all my life I’ve spent waiting, watching and waiting, never doing....

Oct 26, 2026, 11:17 AM

Not just a vote against: What a Zionist government must stand for

Rebuilding Kibbutz Nir Oz, in southern Israel, two years after the October 7th massacre, on August 7, 2025. (Tsafrir Abayov/ FLASH90)

Five priorities for a Zionist government that aims beyond correcting this coalition's failures to securing Israel's long-term future

Oct 26, 2026, 11:15 AM

The Mental Health Revolution That Israel Needs Now

What if the solution to most of our mental health qualms and tragedies has been hiding in plain sight? Well, the latest research at the cutting edge of psychiatry explains that for many people who suffer, the cause is surprisingly...

Oct 23, 2026, 5:34 PM

Israel’s Mental Health Crisis: The Missing Election Issue

Time to repair...

And time to repair.... Israel is entering another election with a blind spot. After three years of war, loss, displacement, and prolonged uncertainty, the psychological consequences are becoming impossible to ignore. Yet mental health is largely absent from the political...

Oct 23, 2026, 8:21 AM

The Making of a Man (Lech Lecha)

Parashat Lech Lecha may be one of the richest portions in the Torah for exploring what it means to be a man. We usually approach it as the beginning of Abraham's journey, the birth of a covenant, and the...

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