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Sep 26, 2026, 12:30 PM

The Memories of Sukkot

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The Memories of Sukkot There are holidays that celebrate a moment, and there are holidays that seem to carry the entire history of a people within them. For me, Sukkot has increasingly become one of those holidays. Sukkot is among the...

Nestor Daniel Scherman

Sep 25, 2026, 5:16 PM

The 736 Days That Disappeared From the Gaza Narrative

The 736 Days That Disappeared From the Gaza Narrative Seven hundred and thirty-six days. That is how long the last living hostages kidnapped on October 7, 2023 spent in captivity. Two years and six days. By the time they finally came...

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg

Sep 25, 2026, 10:41 AM

I thought a sukkah was fragile; the border kibbutzim proved me wrong

In Kfar Aza, after October 7th. (Tzipora Lifchitz)

Rain cancels the mitzvah, but grief does not: You must come out and sit under the thatched roof - not to rejoice, but to show up. That is resilience

Michael Zoosman

Sep 25, 2026, 5:47 AM

Sukkot and the Shadow of October 7: Uninviting the Angel of Death in Israel

The ruins of a sukkah in Kibbutz Nir Oz. No copyright. Source: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1S2QQmkmBC/

Sukkot has not been the same for world Jewry since October 7, 2023. On that date, Hamas led a coordinated, multi-pronged assault from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, marking the deadliest single day in the country’s history and...

Sep 24, 2026, 11:47 PM

It is a cumbersome and repetitious verse whose very construction seems to invite confusion.The iconic verse will be read tomorrow as part of the reading for Succot, Vayikra 23:2 דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מוֹעֲדֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־תִּקְרְא֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם מִקְרָאֵ֣י קֹ֑דֶשׁ...

Sep 24, 2026, 7:17 PM

The October 8 Jew: Identity Reclaimed

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On October 6, contemporary Jewish identity rested on two seemingly rock-solid pillars. The first was the core promise of the post-Holocaust era: a sovereign Jewish state, backed by a military, that would guarantee physical security. The second was the...

Sep 24, 2026, 9:31 AM

Nova Survivor & the Bedouin Who Saved Him | UN Rally Against Antisemitism

With the third anniversary of October 7 weeks away, Shalev Biton and Youssef Ziadna told thousands at a New York rally how a Muslim farmer faced down Hamas terrorists to protect 33 lives A block from the United Nations headquarters,...

Sep 22, 2026, 2:27 PM

By the Book: What the Laws of War Actually Say About the IDF

Me (left) and members of my IDF combat medical extraction unit (Palmar) inside Gaza. Photo ©️ 2026, T. Book.

In the flood of accusations levelled at Israel since October 7th, from NAZA to Sheeran, two phrases get thrown around constantly, and understood correctly almost never: "war crimes" and "proportionality." It is worth pausing to ask what that terms...

Sep 22, 2026, 5:14 AM

How Ed Sheeran Apologized Before Yom Kippur.

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It’s Yom Kippur eve-a threshold of deep reflection, quiet introspection, and collective atonement. It is the one time a year when Jews are called to audit our souls and dive into Cheshbon Nefesh- acknowledging our human flaws and extending...

Vincent James Hooper

Sep 21, 2026, 7:57 PM

The Room at Southwick

Anthony Maras's Pressure, released in UK cinemas this month, is a war film with almost no warfare in it. There are no beach landings, no shelling, no bodies face down in the Channel surf. There is only a room,...

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