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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...

Sep 10, 2026, 9:39 PM

The Concert That Wasn’t Just a Concert

Last Friday night at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, 80,000 people came to see Ed Sheeran. What they encountered first was Macklemore, wearing a keffiyeh, performing his protest song "Hind's Hall" while footage from Gaza rolled across the stadium...

Vincent James Hooper

Sep 5, 2026, 6:02 PM

The Gaviota de la Paz

The Police played the Quinta Vergara in 1982, when the amphitheatre was still learning what it could hold. Bucks Fizz and Shakin' Stevens followed in 1983, Sheena Easton in 1984. Then, for a long time, the British invasion paused....

Sep 4, 2026, 7:21 PM

Music, Selichot and the Search for Meaning

For some Jews, the alternative to musical Selichot isn’t traditional Selichot. It’s no Selichot at all. This week, leading rabbis in Bnei Brak came out strongly against the growing phenomenon of musical Selichot, concerned that something so serious and sacred...

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Aug 28, 2026, 3:14 PM

Dolly’s riches and my new-baby haze are improving Israel’s election season

The 'Coat of Many Colors' on display at Dolly Parton's Chasing Rainbows museum at Dollywood. The coat on display is a reproduction, made by Parton's mother, Avie Lee, of the original. (Wikipedia)

When I can give all of my attention to Israeli politicking, I'm at risk of missing the important stuff, buried amid the barrages of ugly accusations.

Aug 27, 2026, 9:30 PM

A Dolly Parton Soundtrack for Elul and Tishrei

For a long time I've felt connected to the music of Dolly Parton. Journeying through Elul and learning the news of her passing just a couple of days ago, I have been listening to a playlist of some of...

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