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Allen S. Maller

May 25, 2025, 4:17 PM

Umrah, Nails and Broken Hearts Healed

Islam and Judaism reject the doctrine of original sin. Humans do sin. But both Jews and Muslims believe that our Creator is most merciful, and forgives anyone who repents with a sincere heart. No Muslim wants to miss out on...

Reuven Chaim Klein

May 25, 2025, 6:07 AM

All About Iyyar – The Patriarchs’ Special Month

“It was in the second year in the second month, on the twentieth of the month, the cloud ascended from upon the Tabernacle of the Testimony” (Num. 10:11). On that very day of the year in the Jewish Calendar,...

Jan 24, 2025, 5:58 PM

Hadassah Life Member Ronnie Fein’s Recipes Cater to Modern Kosher Tastes

Carrott Soup with Harissa and Coconut photo courtesy of the author.

To warm you up this winter, cook up a pot of carrot, harissa and coconut soup from a new cookbook by Hadassah life member Ronnie Fein. Fein first became aware of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, because of...

Jeremy M Staiman

Dec 5, 2024, 2:06 PM

Part 1: The Missing Ushpizin

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Candles are lit, table's set. But will the guests arrive? Stories traditionally have a beginning, a middle and an end. Stories about people, on the other hand, don’t always have an end — at least not one that’s yet been...

Andy Blumenthal

Nov 17, 2024, 6:29 AM

Breaking Free From the Illusion of the Peaceniks

At every turn, we are faced with a choice: do we do things the easy way, the way that feels good at the moment and gets us lots of "likes" on social media, or do we follow Abraham's example...

Danielle Sobkin

Nov 4, 2024, 7:03 AM

The Impossible Idea of Moving On

I’ve always been the kind of person who holds on tightly—to memories, to people, to moments that should have been fleeting but somehow stay lodged in my heart. Sentimentality is my default, and moving on has never come naturally....

Jonathan E. Blake

Oct 15, 2024, 5:25 AM

A Letter to our Anti-Zionists

Dear Anti-Zionist Jews: It has taken me a year to write this letter. I’ve agonized over what to say, not finding the words. I needed to write this letter to clear my head. To clarify my thoughts. Maybe it will...

Oct 15, 2024, 12:35 AM

We’re Living in Miraculous Times

No Jew Left Behind It’s the best of times; it’s the worst of times. Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery speech before a half-empty hall at the United Nations. Whilst Israel’s brave and courageous actions have earned the...

Elchanan Poupko

Oct 14, 2024, 6:47 PM

Rosh Hashana: Writing Our Own Book of Life

Speaking to a very religious and devout woman cousin of mine in Israel, she said from the depths of her heart, " Oy, if only we had known last Rosh Hashana what was being written and inscribed for the...

Oct 13, 2024, 6:29 PM

Our rabbis deem the days between Rosh Chodesh Elul and Yom Kippur as yemi ratzon-—days of yearning. During this 40–day period, Jewish people across the world ponder lifestyle and spiritual changes. Lifelong smokers consider going cold turkey from all tobacco...

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