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Oct 11, 2026, 10:38 AM

Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?

Where have all the soldiers gone? (Created with AI)

Growing up in the 1960s, I listened to Peter, Paul and Mary’s version of Where Have All the Flowers Gone all the time (Spotify PP&M ). It was a song of the times, a song about the pointlessness of...

Richard Shavei-Tzion

Sep 30, 2026, 12:19 AM

Remembering Isidore Patz…Twice!

Since I was a kid, I have had a passion for Jewish music that became immersed in my life, and has blessed me with joy, way beyond any dreams I may have had when I first encountered this beautiful...

Michael Saenger

Sep 29, 2026, 5:10 AM

Antisemitism and Literary Joy

This paper was adapted from a talk given at the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism If we follow Maslow’s hierarchy of needs literally, there would be nothing more useless than a conversation about poetry. Jews are currently...

Sep 24, 2026, 11:40 PM

Sharing a Mailbox With ‘The Boss’

The author's NY Times subscription address shared with "The Boss." Photo courtesy of the author

Every week, for over a decade, “The Boss” and I have “shared” the Sunday New York Times. Hmm, do you think he knows about this? I always look forward to seeing the address label on the newspaper wrapper in...

Sep 24, 2026, 7:15 PM

Another Amazing Jerusalem Motorcycle Event

Two years ago, I was introduced to the world of motorcycles when my husband Jay purchased a Harley-Davidson. I had heard about them but wouldn't recognize one if it ran me over. After 20 years of riding Harleys in...

Sep 18, 2026, 12:14 AM

She stared at the poster pinned to her bedroom wall—the powder-blue wall directly across from her bed. The poster had hung there for years. Its colors had faded, as had her love of rap and hip-hop. But she was still...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Sep 17, 2026, 6:43 AM

Politics Has an Ask. “Free Palestine” Has a Target.

Less than a day after I wrote about how Macklemore traded a fake nose for a keffiyeh and led a stadium of Ed Sheeran fans in “Free Palestine” while Jewish families walked out, I got fan mail. Opening line:...

Jaclyn S. Clark

Sep 15, 2026, 6:28 AM

Macklemore got dumped. Pink got canceled. Everyone else lost their minds

(Gemini)

A billionaire stadium owner – not headliner Ed Sheeran – had the courage to fire the bigoted rapper. What came next was even worse

Sep 11, 2026, 4:30 AM

Boy George goes to shul

The pop icon's new song felt like a hug from a stranger. When he came to our synagogue, we finally got to hug him back

Sep 10, 2026, 10:44 PM

Of Memories We Grieve, As Life Chooses To Continue

Israeli kalanit (כלנית) flower, beautiful symbol of pain and remembrance
Photo by Zachi Evenor Anemone-coronaria-2016-Zachi-EvenorCropped for aspect ratio by z r nur CC BY-SA 4.0

"Not Dead Yet," the caption above a black cat on a sticker I saw recently proclaims. Lately that has taken on greater and greater meaning. The end of the secular 2012 began an era in my life where I grieved...

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