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Aug 7, 2026, 7:26 PM

When Did We Start Needing Labels?

This morning I was sitting on my mirpeset with a cup of coffee, replaying a conversation I had with my son the night before. It started with what seemed like a simple question. He asked me to compare him and his...

Aug 5, 2026, 8:16 PM

When Religion Becomes an Idol

Parashat Re'eh and the most sophisticated form of idolatry. When we hear the word idolatry, most of us picture an ancient world of carved statues, pagan temples, and forgotten rituals. It belongs, we assume, to the same distant universe as...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Aug 3, 2026, 12:09 AM

Using our natural resources responsibly

In the Haftara for Parshat Re’eh (Yishayahu 54:16), we read the following words: Behold! I have created the smith who blows on a charcoal flame (esh pecham) and withdraws a tool for his labor, and I have created the destroyer...

Jonathan Muskat

Jul 29, 2026, 12:22 AM

Beyond the Circle at the Kotel: From Ahavat Yisrael to Achdut

On Motzaei Tisha B’Av, I saw a picture circulating online. Jews of every imaginable background – religious and secular, from different communities and with different hashkafot – standing together at the Kotel, singing and dancing in a circle. It was...

Jul 28, 2026, 12:17 AM

Maidens in a Tu B’Av tizz

Girls dancing on Tu B'Av (ארכיון ומוזיאון החאן חדרה (ע.ר), creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5>, via Wikimedia Commons)

A leaked memo threatens to stop all Tu B'Av festivities in Israeli vineyards and green spaces across the country. Knesset members of the subcommittee appointed by the Ministry of Religious Services to regulate public activities on Tu B'Av are...

Michael S. Diamond

Jul 27, 2026, 4:18 AM

The Archive of Forgetting and Undoing

I have registered my maps in The Archive of Forgetting and Undoing. The walls to the Holy City have been breached in this month of the Babylonian god who at Summer’s zenith dies, the faithful son, and returns with the rains of Winter and Spring dew, ransom for his goddess sister, Lady of the Date Clusters. Perhaps...

Jul 26, 2026, 2:34 PM

A Tribe Is a Home. Tribalism Needs an Enemy.

Deciding who you are is hard work. Deciding who you're not is easy, and that ease is exactly the trap. We may not always know what we believe, or what kind of future we're building. But we know, with total...

Silas Anastacio

Jul 25, 2026, 9:12 AM

The Spanish Inquisition: When Religion, Politics, and Power Walked Hand in Hand

In this article, we are joined by Daniela Levy, one of the most respected voices in Brazil when it comes to the history of the Inquisition. Daniela Levy – Profile and Career Daniela Levy is a historian active since 2000, having...

Eliezer Avraham

Jul 23, 2026, 9:30 AM

The Rebuilding Chronicles

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A Journey Through Loneliness, Brokenness, Destruction and Renewal A lighthouse for the weary soul, a companion for Tisha B’Av and the dawn that follows Every soul that rebuilds walks through four pillars: Loneliness, Brokenness, Destruction and Renewal. These are not obstacles....

Jul 20, 2026, 8:56 AM

Why the Structure of the Universe Points to God

Modern science has discovered that the universe is governed by precise laws. These laws determine how matter behaves, how stars form, how atoms combine, and what kinds of things can exist. The philosopher James Ladyman, in his book "Every Thing...

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