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Mar 5, 2026, 8:30 AM

New York Jews Back the Mayor Whose Imam Prayed for Killing of Infidels

Supported by the people he prayed to destroy won Momdani the day. (image generated with AI)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat in the Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens on February 20, 2026, during Friday prayers on the first day of Ramadan. The imam led a supplication in Arabic invoking the Mahdi with words...

Aug 18, 2025, 10:25 AM

Not by Numbers, but by Blessing: Israel and Parashat Eikev

As I return to Parashat Eikev, I feel as though I am reading a prophecy, a spiritual message spoken directly to our generation. Within its verses lies not only the story of the wilderness and mitzvot, but a living...

Aug 18, 2025, 12:02 AM

Battle on the bimah

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On a blistering hot August Shabbat morning, during the reading of Parshat Eikev, two shul members stood on the bimah. Joe (fictionalized), who was to receive the fourth aliyah, was over 90 years old. Ted (fictionalized), waiting for his...

Aug 15, 2025, 5:47 PM

Collective Memory

Birthday Cake

Today is my birthday. As far as we know, animals are not conscious of their birthdays. The very idea depends on something uniquely human: collective memory. At first, our parents tell us when the day is. Over time, we...

Aug 15, 2025, 5:47 PM

The Morality of Love (Eikev, Covenant & Conversation)

Something implicit in the Torah from the very beginning becomes explicit in the book of Devarim. God is the God of love. More than we love Him, He loves us. Here, for instance, is the beginning of this week’s...

William Hamilton

Aug 15, 2025, 5:29 PM

Are We Talking About The Same Thing?

“The world’s changing a lot. It’s best not to try and outsmart it” memoirist Tara Westover recently said. This week’s portion of Torah strongly agrees. If you ever wondered what extremism-on-the-loose might look like, you now know. Today’s world finds...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Aug 15, 2025, 5:23 PM

How to help your memory?

This week, the Torah again tells us to remember Dozens of times, the Torah orders us to remember, never to forget. Some learn better by hearing, others by seeing or reading, or combinations. But it's not that some people were...

Tzvi Gleiberman

Aug 15, 2025, 5:14 PM

My Track Record

17: Perhaps you will say to yourself, these nations are more numerous than me; how will I be able to drive them out?’ 18: You must not fear them. You must remember well what God, your God, did to...

Ben-Tzion Spitz

Aug 15, 2025, 5:04 PM

Swindler’s End (Ekev)

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.” -- Benjamin Franklin At the close of 2008, one of the most infamous financial frauds in history came to light. It was...

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

Aug 15, 2025, 12:38 PM

Parashat Eikev: Between survival and mercy

The air is thick in Jerusalem and it’s a vibe because in this week’s Torah portion, Eikev, the air is thick with command and consequence. Some passages carry the iron taste of survival — the reminder that there are...

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