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Andy Blumenthal

Jun 14, 2026, 10:08 AM

Be Bold and Settle Our Entire Land of Israel

This week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government moved forward with one of the most significant Zionist initiatives in decades, allocating over $350 million to authorize and establish 61 new Jewish communities in the ancestral heartland of Judea and Samaria....

Jun 13, 2026, 12:51 AM

The Why of the Journey

This week, I walked into a hospital room that did not feel anything like the hospital room I had spent several days in last week. Last week, I spent several days in the maternity ward. It was a room full...

William Hamilton

Jun 12, 2026, 6:20 PM

Knowing Your Place

“Who is wise?” ask our sages. “A person who knows their place.” (Avot 6:6) This isn’t the only answer to be found in Pirke Avot. Other answers include, “Someone who learns from everyone” and “A person who foresees the...

Jun 12, 2026, 4:45 PM

Grasshopper Men (Parashat Sh’lach)

Our ancestors are standing at the edge of possibility. They have been freed from Egypt. They have received Torah at Sinai. They have been shaped, however imperfectly, into a people. Now, in parashat Sh'lach, they are close enough to...

Jun 11, 2026, 1:22 PM

SHELACH LECHA: Dual Loyalties?

“How was life in the old country?” the sabra asked Yuri, a new immigrant to Israel from the old Soviet Union. “I couldn’t complain,” came the answer. “But I thought Soviet Jews were persecuted and prevented from actively being Jewish. Weren’t...

Hande Gençünal

Jun 11, 2026, 12:56 PM

The Jewish People’s Centuries-Long Trial Yakov · Moshe · David · Shlomo · Exile · The Cost of Pain · Holocaust · Today On the bank of the Jabbok River, in the dead of night, a man was left entirely alone....

Jun 11, 2026, 8:13 AM

“Valley of Clusters” Parashat Shelach 5786

Twelve spies head out to reconnoitre the Land of Israel in preparation for capture. Soon after they break camp, they find themselves in a bizarre place some pomegranates and figs. They called that place the ‘Valley of Eshkol’...

Menachem Creditor

Jun 10, 2026, 11:47 PM

Our Capacity to Meet the Moment (Shlach)

The core moment of Parshat Shlach begins when Moses sends scouts to see the Promised Land. Perhaps he sends them because God commands it. Perhaps he sends them because the people need it. Either way, their assignment is clear:...

Moshe Grussgott

Jun 9, 2026, 11:17 PM

Do Not Harken to the Voice of T’ruah

“For You hear the sound of the shofar and You harken to the voice of the truah” – from the Rosh Hashanah Liturgy 1) Shameful Self-Debasement Last week, the Jewish organization T'ruah held their annual conference, where they were addressed...

Jun 9, 2026, 11:15 PM

When We Enter – Parsha Shelach 5786

Bamidbar 14:31: וטפכם אשר אמרתם לבז יהיה והבאתי אתם וידעו את הארץ אשר מאסתם בה As for your infants, whom you said will be taken captive as spoils, I will bring them there, and they will come to know the...

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