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Hande Gençünal

Oct 11, 2026, 5:51 PM

The Face That Does Not Hide

On Birkat Kohanim, the gaze and being seen When Birkat Kohanim is recited in the Kal, as the Jews of Turkey call their house of prayer, in many communities the kohanim draw their tallitot over their heads, raise their hands...

Gershon Blumstein

Oct 11, 2026, 5:38 PM

What Judaism Teaches About Loss and Hope

There are moments in life when we lose more than what happened. We lose what we believed would happen next. A marriage ends, and we lose not only the person but the years we imagined growing old together. A diagnosis changes...

Richard Diamond

Oct 11, 2026, 4:51 AM

Anti-Zionism – The Cheapest Moral Currency

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The people who judge Israel most loudly are rarely those with the cleanest hands. Their anger comes from one of three places: shame, powerlessness, or the need to change the subject. Some carry guilt they can't put down. Some carry...

Benny A. Benjamin

Oct 11, 2026, 1:13 AM

Pushed out of their comfort zone: Biblical lessons for reluctant career climbers

Noah, Jacob, and Moses confront career change. ChatGPT-generated image from author prompts.

Noah, Jacob, and Moses were urged to step out of their comfort zones. What can we learn from their efforts? As we restart the annual Torah-reading cycle, we are reintroduced to familiar biblical personalities. In this cycle, among many lessons,...

Oct 11, 2026, 1:12 AM

Peace Requires Justice. The Nobel Peace Prize Requires None

When Henry Kissinger, who oversaw devastating bombing campaigns in Vietnam, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, two members of the Nobel Committee resigned in protest. When Yasser Arafat, leader of a terror organization, received it in 1994, another...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 10, 2026, 10:21 AM

Self Care – How to get your “Glow”.

How to Get Your “Glow” Skincare can change how we present ourselves. A prayer of Prophet Muhammad صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ asks what happens when light reaches the heart, the tongue, and the way we live. There is a particular kind...

Gershon Blumstein

Oct 10, 2026, 1:39 AM

When the Heart Breaks

What Judaism Teaches Us About the Future We Thought We Had Heartbreak takes more than a person from our lives. It takes a future. There is the conversation you thought you would have next week, the journey you imagined taking together, the...

Oct 9, 2026, 5:47 AM

The Miser, the Cheapskate, and the Missing Check

“Mordechai, did you ever read ‘Shrewd Todie and Lyzer the Miser’ by Isaac Bashevis Singer?” “I think I read it during my freshman year at UM. I love Singer and his short stories. Why do you ask?” Moshe replied. “Well, yesterday,...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 9, 2026, 2:47 AM

Poetry in Motion – An Ode to Roger Federer.

Poetry in Motion Roger Federer, the psychology of mastery, and what happens inside a point There are athletes who win. There are athletes who dominate. There are athletes who change their sport. And then there are athletes who make you reconsider what the word...

Oct 8, 2026, 11:18 PM

Part II: From Trauma to Suppression and the Requirement of Being Prepared

The phrase “epigenetic trauma” is one that I started to employ at some point during the three years since 10/7. That event “united” us with the experiences we had - only - read about: massacres along the Rhine River...

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