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Aug 16, 2026, 11:08 AM

Fear Is Loud. Joy Is Louder. And Now It Has a QR Code

Rabbi Yaniv Meirov’s new book pairs a two-minute video with every Torah portion — and quietly builds one of the smartest Jewish engagement models I’ve seen. We’ve all lived the moment. You’re at a Shabbat table, a Sheva Brachot, a...

Aug 11, 2026, 10:38 AM

A Torah response to El-Sayed, Hamawy and Mamdani

Photo taken by Fran Snowise

This week, in our Torah reading, Parshat Re’eh, the people of Israel are once again standing on the plains of Moab, overlooking the Land of Israel. They are still waiting to enter the Land. Day by day, Torah reading...

Aug 10, 2026, 6:39 PM

He Came to Listen. Something Changed.

Greetings from the National Jewish Retreat in Miami. Last night, we had the opportunity to attend a late-night screening of Among Neighbors, a fascinating documentary centered on one particular town in Poland. Tragically, as happened in communities across Poland, Jewish survivors...

Natasha H. Pein

Aug 10, 2026, 7:51 AM

94% Problem: When ‘No Zionists’ Means ‘No Jews

The 94% Problem: How 'No Zionists' Became Canada's New 'No Jews'

Jew-hatred changes its vocabulary with the moral language of the age. The Nazi era racialized the Jew. Today, exclusionary antizionism recast the Jew as the “Zionist.” Canada’s escalating data suggest that the distinction is becoming dangerously thin. There is a...

Andy Blumenthal

Aug 9, 2026, 6:35 AM

When No One Is Watching, What Does G-d See?

Character is rarely tested in the moments we prepare for. It is not proven only in the grand public causes we argue about—justice, war, peace, or the future of nations. Often, it is revealed in unwatched moments: a medical...

Aug 8, 2026, 9:46 AM

Parashat Re’eh

To See in Order to Choose ✦ ✡ ✦ Re’eh — See. The imperative is singular, though the people listen in plural. That tension is not accidental: choice always occurs in the singularity of the soul, even when framed within a...

Talyah Ginsberg

Aug 7, 2026, 1:54 PM

Milk, honey, and the terms and conditions

Re’eh does not promise an easier Jewish life. It asks what our freedom is producing, and what kind of country our choices are creating. I have just returned to Israel after three weeks in Sydney, and Australia did not make...

William Hamilton

Aug 7, 2026, 6:56 AM

I recently reconnected with an out-of-town friend. “How are you?” I asked. “I’m good, Rabbi. All my problems today are manageable problems.” Nice perspective, I thought. Recognizing the difference between the manageable and unmanageable ones is probably good for...

Moshe Grussgott

Aug 7, 2026, 4:38 AM

Literal, Fascist, Genocide: On the Abuse of Dibbur

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“Literally” A quote attributed to Jean Paul Sartre: “The anti-Semite does not accuse the Jew of stealing because he actually believes he stole. He accuses the Jew of stealing because he enjoys watching the Jew empty his pockets to...

Ruthie Hollander

Aug 6, 2026, 11:53 PM

Hasan Piker, Donald Trump, and the death of the political moderate

Images of Trump, El-Sayed, and Piker from Wikimedia Commons; design by me.

When Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed won a neck-and-neck primary, the popular Twitch streamer and liberal “kingmaker” Hasan Piker had a message for El-Sayed’s detractors: “Everyone being like, Abdul has a f*ck-ton of work to do mending bridges, here’s...

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