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May 29, 2026, 7:58 PM

When Nations Set the Terms Israel Chooses Tolerance Over Temple Restoration

Israeli police arrested 21 Jewish activists in May 2026 as they tried to bring a young goat onto the Temple Mount for a korban Pesach offering during Pesach Sheni. Officers stopped the group at the gate and detained them...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 25, 2026, 7:40 PM

What is considered to be far from Jerusalem?

In Parshat Behaalotcha (Bamidbar 9:9-13), we read about those who are granted the opportunity to observe Pesach Sheni: God spoke to Moshe saying: “Speak to B’nai Yisrael, saying: Any person, if he will be impure from a human corpse or...

Michael Feldstein

May 10, 2026, 6:15 PM

It’s happening again this year — that odd Jewish calendar quirk where the Torah readings in Israel and the diaspora fall out of sync. This year, Shavuot in the diaspora is celebrated on Friday and Saturday, and the special Torah...

Reuven Chaim Klein

May 10, 2026, 12:59 AM

Iyyar is in the Air – ziv & iyyar

As the month of Iyyar comes to a close this week, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss the two names for “the second month” in the Jewish Calendar — Ziv and Iyyar. That month is very special...

Michael Zoosman

May 6, 2026, 11:31 PM

Knesset’s Second Death Penalty Bill Debases Israel’s Lag Ba’Omer Revelry

The Knesset’s obsession with the death penalty in Israel once again collided with the Jewish liturgical calendar in yet another telling synchronicity, highlighting how that legislative body has upended the Jewish value of life. Many in Israel and across...

Apr 21, 2026, 5:30 PM

The Connection Between Yom HaZikaron / Yom Ha’atzmaut, and Pesach

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The juxtaposition of Israel’s Memorial Day and Independence Day is often seen as somewhat striking. Memorial Day is deeply somber, centered on visiting the graves of fallen soldiers and hearing their stories. Yet within hours, the mood shifts dramatically...

Apr 19, 2026, 5:21 PM

The first Passover seder differed from future ones

The Hebrew word seder (סֵדֶר) literally means "order" or "arrangement." During Passover, it refers to the ritual dinner and service held on the first or second night of the holiday. Jews in Israel observe the seder on one night; Jews outside Israel observe it on two nights....

Alexander Seinfeld

Apr 17, 2026, 7:41 PM

How To Make the Best Bourbon?

Outside of the boutique world of whisky connoisseurship, it takes a minor miracle for a bottle of bourbon to make the mainstream media. Forbes readers saw the headline, "World's Best Bourbon Costs Only $40." For a business audience, as for a...

Moshe Emilio Lavi

Apr 17, 2026, 1:40 PM

This Passover, my family was whole

The author’s family celebrates Alma’s third birthday in Kramim on March 31, 2026, the day before this year’s Seder. Second from the left is Omri Miran, who was released from captivity on October 13, 2025. (Sagiv Tal)

“In every generation, each person is obligated to see themselves as if they personally left Egypt” — The Haggadah This Passover, my family celebrated apart. The war with Iran made travel difficult, and so I stayed in New York while...

Reuven Bobby Weinmann

Apr 16, 2026, 10:45 PM

Passover and the Crucifixion Contradiction

The Christian Bible contains a contradiction: The Synoptic Gospels say that Jesus was executed after eating the Passover sacrifice and John says it was on the "Preparation Day of Passover", which all indications in the text seems to mean...

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