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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.

Jonathan Muskat

Aug 26, 2026, 9:35 PM

The School Year Begins. So Does Our Teshuva

My youngest son is now studying at Yeshivat Hakotel in Israel for his gap year. A few weeks ago, while we were driving to pick up some last-minute things, he turned to me and said: “I wish I had learned...

Aug 23, 2026, 2:33 PM

Shaving my son’s hair

When he was little, he cried in protest while I cut his hair. This time, he asked for another round with the electric razor – and the tears were mine

Aug 21, 2026, 8:34 AM

Shalom Brothers: When a Son Stops Being an Extension of His Father (Ki Tetzei)

Family life is messy at worst and meaningful at best. Parent-child relationships are not as easy to navigate as one might think. Just because parent and child might share a genetics or an emotional bond, that does not mean...

Stacey Zolt Hara

Aug 20, 2026, 8:38 PM

My kids’ yearbooks are a time capsule of antisemitism in progressive America

Two time capsules of the growing antisemitic stain on progressive communities sit on the bookshelves of my Jewish home in Berkeley, California, where I send my children to public school. The most recent is Berkeley High School's 2026 yearbook. On...

Kally Rubin Kislowicz

Aug 12, 2026, 8:00 AM

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I usually give happiness my full attention and sadness a pint of ice cream, but my son entering the IDF is much too unwieldy to process in one sitting

Aug 10, 2026, 9:06 AM

25 years after Sbarro: A mother’s longing

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Will the nice round number of the anniversary bring enough attention to the horrific attack that took my daughter to bring its perpetrator to justice at last?

Aug 9, 2026, 12:53 PM

25 years ago, my daughter was killed in the Sbarro bombing. Her killer is free

Police and medics surround the scene of a suicide bombing inside Jerusalem's Sbarro restaurant, August 9, 2001. Fifteen people were killed, and 130 injured. A 16th victim died in 2023. (AP/Peter Dejong)

I am in the grotesque position of being politically inconvenient, while the confessed terrorist is protected by a US ally. Her freedom mocks justice itself

Aug 9, 2026, 1:53 AM

Behind the scenes- both hiccups and joy

Seven months ago my son Yeshaya had a Bar Mitzvah. Everything went right, besides everything that didn't. It was an incredible Bar Mitzvah weekend filled with family, love and friendship. But let me tell you, it had its hiccups....

Sigalle M. Shpayher

Aug 7, 2026, 8:24 PM

The Blueprint I Had to Burn

“Chanoch l'na'ar al pi darko - Educate a child according to their way." Every Jewish parent knows this verse. We quote it in speeches. We nod knowingly when someone else says it. We find schools with differentiated instruction, we get...

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