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Jun 2, 2026, 6:45 AM

Edgar Morin (1921–2026): A Complex Mind

Photo/collage: Atmane Tazaghart, Global Watch Analysis

I learn of his death in my home, 3,500 miles away from Paris. To speak about the French-Jewish Edgar Morin, it would be good to go a little back in time. The thread that began in Spain –the West...– of...

Janet Bond Brill

Jun 1, 2026, 7:30 PM

‘Coincidentally’ Born at Mila 18: An Address History Would Claim

I have read Yakov Szurek’s testimony, which sits at the Ghetto Fighters’ Museum, more times than I can count. This time, one line struck me: “coincidentally born at Mila 18.” “I was coincidentally born at Mila 18,” he says. “Most...

May 19, 2026, 8:28 PM

The Second Driveway

The first time taught me what to look for. The second time, I already knew. I was fourteen the first time I came home to a driveway full of cars and didn't understand what I was looking at. It was January...

Gary Rosenblatt

May 12, 2026, 7:21 AM

An Ode to Abe: World Figure and Down-to-Earth Mensch

I feel honored to have known and learned from Abe Foxman for more than five decades. Everyone called him Abe. The best-known and arguably the most influential American Jewish leader of the last five decades, Abraham Foxman dealt with presidents,...

May 4, 2026, 6:10 AM

The Case against Cremation and for Traditional Burial

The Midrash tells: When Cain killed his brother Abel, it was the first death the world had ever known, and Adam and Eve were overcome with shock and grief. They sat beside Abel’s lifeless body, weeping and unsure what...

Alyssa Rachel Gross

Apr 28, 2026, 2:02 PM

A Woman Apart: Rachel Goldberg-Polin

This undated photo provided by Rachel Goldberg-Polin shows her with her son Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Courtesy of Rachel Goldberg-Polin via AP)

We all know Rachel Goldberg-Polin, a woman whose raison d'être was to fight, advocate, and plead for her son's safe return to anyone who would listen. Her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was kidnapped on October 7, 2023, in Israel at...

Michael Feldstein

Apr 28, 2026, 12:22 AM

Listening between the Words: Tova’s Legacy

It has been more than three years since our beloved daughter Tova tragically died, and yet there are moments when her presence feels as vivid and immediate as ever. Not only in the memories we hold, or the stories...

Apr 23, 2026, 4:05 AM

A timeless pair

Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: a pairing of days and meaning where one could not exist without the other. There may not be a more perfect summation on the tangible calendar for the intangible Jewish experience. It is a yin...

Apr 20, 2026, 6:12 PM

“Honouring the Fallen: A Combat Medic’s Perspective on Sacrifice and Resilience”

Tuvia presenting at last years Memorial Day ceremony at Ammunition Hill -organised my the Michael Levin Base - in Jerusalem, Photo (©️ T. Book, 2026)

In the words of T.S. Eliot, "April is the cruelest month." Amidst the ongoing conflict initiated by our adversaries, I have had the privilege of serving as a combat medic in an IDF PALMAR unit on the Gaza front....

Apr 16, 2026, 9:22 AM

The day I made my father wait at Heathrow for a Nazi-fighting philosopher

The German philosopher and professor, Jürgen Habermas, holding the yellow envelope given from Dimitris Eleas. Royal Institute of Philosophy, London 1998. Archive of D. Eleas. Photo by M. Galatoulas.

Professor Jürgen Habermas, who has died aged 96, was widely celebrated. Many obituaries read like academic papers; I offer here a personal tribute, a glimpse of a life truly lived. In 1998, as a student in London, I learned that Jürgen...

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