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Oct 7, 2026, 5:35 PM

Inner Lights Throughout a Year: Art & Miracles

Shavuot. The Heaven’s Window. Watercolour, oil pastel, wax pastel, pigments, Luminance Caran d’Ache on authored original archival print on cotton paper. 2022-2026. Private collection, Finland.

Presentation of a new Inner Lights: Jewish Year art collection of the works of artistic interpretation of an annual circle of Jewish holidays Part III of 3 Part 1 can be read here. Part II can be read here. From Purim to the...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:43 PM

Israel’s Silent Crisis Part IV: The Uniform Isn’t the Only Way to Serve

Selfie in uniform

Three years ago, on October 7, everything changed. Israel changed. And I changed with it. Before October 7, I had already spent much of my adult life in public service and politics. I had served in the army, continued in the...

Oct 6, 2026, 3:41 PM

Inner Lights Throughout a Year: Art Dialogues

Hanukkah. Dialogue. Watercolour, oil pastel, wax pastel, pigments, Luminance Caran d’Ache, perle le blanc on authored original archival print on cotton paper. 2024-2026.

Presentation of Inner Lights: Jewish Year art collection featuring artistic interpretations of an annual circle of Jewish holidays Part 2 of 3 Part I can be read here. From Shemini Atzeret to the New Year for Trees Continuing the presentation of new Inner...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Sep 28, 2026, 4:03 AM

⁦⁧איפה משה היום?⁩ | ⁧أين موسى عليه السلام اليوم؟⁩ | Where Is Moses Today?⁩

Pharaoh’s Guide to Modern Political Leadership When you cannot answer the accusation, commission a biography of the accuser. A satire on the "modern" press "office". The first rule of machiavellian political leadership is straightforward: when someone asks what you have done,...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 20, 2026, 4:48 AM

He Prayed Perfectly—And Missed Everything

This morning, on Shabbat Shuvah—the Shabbat of Return—our rabbi gave a beautiful sermon about teshuvah. He spoke about repentance not as punishment, but as coming home: the open door that stands before each of us in the days between...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 14, 2026, 6:45 AM

The Laps We Keep Walking

On Rosh Hashanah, we come to synagogue carrying more than a prayer book. We carry the year that was: the disappointments we did not expect, the fears we did not voice, the losses we still cannot quite name, and the...

Sep 8, 2026, 1:40 PM

This past December I became seriously ill, and only later did I understand how close the angel of death had come on that first night in the hospital. Fortunately, those caring for me made sure he was ultimately kept...

Sep 6, 2026, 7:25 AM

Rising from Loss: Rosh Hashanah and 9/11 Remembered

Rosh Hashanah, literally meaning the “head of the year” in Hebrew, marks the beginning of the Jewish High Holy Days and serves as one of the most sacred observances in Judaism. Traced to biblical roots and observed on the...

Sep 1, 2026, 8:11 AM

You Can Run From Zionism. But You Can Never Escape Your Judaism

Brad Lander, a progressive Jewish politician in New York, attending Zohran Mamdani's primary election watch party in June 2025. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

Brad Lander has spent years of his political career trying to prove that being Jewish does not require being a supporter of Israel. Last weekend, he was shown that people don't care. Lander, the Democratic nominee for New York’s 10th...

Marc J. Rosenstein

Aug 21, 2026, 8:36 AM

The Jewish Power Blog: Powerless Leaders

According to Jeremiah chapter 38, during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (587 BCE), the prophet is sent to prison for prophesying that rebellion against Babylon will lead to destruction – that Babylonian rule must be accepted as a punishment...

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