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Sep 30, 2026, 12:21 AM

What Kind of Brotherhood Are We Offering Our Sons?

When I saw the story out of Wisconsin, I recognized the scene before I even finished reading it. Police responding to an anonymous tip at an Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin–Madison said they found roughly...

Sep 24, 2026, 5:42 AM

The AI Dialectic – Can Ancient Faith Give Artificial Intelligence a Conscience?

A Sermon for the Tech Age This past Yom Kippur, Rabbi Naftali Citron of the Carlebach synagogue in New York delivered a sermon that stayed with me long after the final blast of the Shofar. His message was urgent: our...

Rebeca Permuth de Sabbagh

Sep 22, 2026, 11:59 PM

Where are you breaking the fast this year?

Yesod Haolam prayer room and kosher snacks/ ABC Observatorio Hospital, Mexico City.

A typical question as Yom Kippur approaches. An unusual response for our family this year: In room 206 at ABC Observatorio Hospital in Mexico City. My daughters study outside Guatemala and have been here for a couple of years now. We came...

Eliezer Avraham

Sep 20, 2026, 8:47 AM

October 7: The Courage That Rises When the World Falls

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An exploration of faith, identity, and the quiet resolve that emerged in the aftermath When the World Became Unrecognizable There are moments in Jewish history when the ground beneath us gives way, when the moral order collapses in an instant....

Sep 19, 2026, 10:13 AM

Ha’azinu: When The Song Doesn’t End

I have written about the parsha many times. But I have never had to write one while sitting shiva. My father died on Sunday. And this Shabbat will be the first Shabbat of my entire life without him in this world. Then I...

Sep 12, 2026, 11:12 PM

Real Change: Rethinking Tashlich

The ritual of Tashlich on Rosh Hashana has always struck me as both mysterious and symbolic. As a child growing up in an observant, chassidic home, I would walk with my family to the water’s edge of the Chicago...

Sep 8, 2026, 1:48 AM

Politicization and Commercialization: Selichot Traditions

The annual cycle prompts memories at certain times of year. As a young adult, it hit me that for several consecutive years I made critical decisions amidst the Tishrei holidays, if not at the end of Elul, then by...

Aug 27, 2026, 5:20 AM

When Where I Live Requires an Explanation

Before I left Israel for a week-long vacation to the Turkish riviera, I took off my necklace. It was a simple gold necklace with my name written in Hebrew. I had worn it almost every day since moving to Tel...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 10, 2026, 8:16 AM

The Birth of Ontology and it’s relevance to AI.

When God Taught Adam the Names of All Things Before the first city, before the first library, before Aristotle drew up his categories, before a scientist classified a species, and long before an engineer constructed a knowledge graph, the Qur’an...

Talyah Ginsberg

Aug 6, 2026, 6:15 PM

An Australian Visa, a South African Alibi and an Israeli Home

My first trip abroad on an Israeli passport nearly ended at Ben Gurion. Sydney gave me back family, confidence and parts of myself I had misplaced—until an Uber driver asked one ordinary question. The first surprise of my enormous Australian...

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