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Oct 29, 2025, 9:55 AM

‘People hearing without listening’

The following article is based on a Drasha (Sermon) that I gave on the first day of Rosh Hashanah at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale – The Bayit, at the Explanatory Service. Please note that I have made some changes for clarity. Additionally,...

Oct 22, 2025, 8:35 PM

The Shofar — Our Clarion Call to Act

I have been thinking about why Rosh Hashanah this particular year felt so monumental. The celebratory dinners welcoming 5786 with wine, challah, honey and blessings and the shared time and conversation with family and friends, are now in the...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Oct 19, 2025, 5:55 AM

Sleepy Heads – tardeimah, sheinah, tenumah, linah, and durmita

In the story of the creation of Eve, the Bible relates that Hashem put Adam into a deep slumber, so he would not feel his Creator surgically removing one of his ribs to create Eve. The way the Bible...

Oct 13, 2025, 8:21 AM

Day 738 Of The War: Waiting For The Hostages Return Tomorrow

My photo of the demonstration in front of Yoav Galant's home.

When I flew on the first day of Rosh Hashanah to visit my family in the U.S., I was hoping—as I do every time I leave the country—that by the time I returned, the hostages would be home and...

Shamai Leibowitz

Oct 11, 2025, 11:12 PM

Ceasefire Is Not Enough: We Must Choose Life and Freedom

As we wait anxiously to see whether the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas will take hold and become permanent—ending the massacres in Gaza and bringing the hostages home—we find ourselves in the midst of Sukkot, the festival of...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 6, 2025, 11:41 PM

Gaza’s Brave Palestinians vs Hamas

For years, the world claimed Palestinians spoke with one voice—Hamas’s voice. That was a lie. Today in Gaza, new anti-Hamas militias are proving it. And they are not fighting Israel. They are fighting alongside the IDF to free their...

Richard Diamond

Oct 4, 2025, 12:27 AM

Kohelet After Yom Kippur – Intentions Collide with Reality

Mindful of the Here and Now (Image by ChatGPT)

Yom Kippur ends with Ne’ilah—throats raw from confession, hearts set on change. Within days, many communities read Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), a book that cools our fever with unflinching realism: breath, vapor, cycles, limits. The pairing can feel jarring—pledges to transform...

Rebeca Permuth de Sabbagh

Oct 3, 2025, 6:59 PM

Shaarei Binyamin Synagogue in Guatemala City.

I can go back in time, when Yizkor was, second to breaking the fast, one of the most anticipated moments in Yom Kippur. It was the time when those of us who didn’t have a deceased relative were asked...

Oct 3, 2025, 8:32 AM

Why the UN Risks Global Chaos and Israel’s Right to Live

By Dr. Shmuel Legesse, reported by Jonathan Takele Israel does not celebrate the suffering of others. No Israeli parent wants Palestinian children to die, but every Israeli parent wants their own children to live. That is the human truth too...

Richard Diamond

Oct 2, 2025, 10:40 PM

One Day of Truth: Yom Kippur as an Override Manual

Yatzer Tov vs, Yestzer Ra (Image bu ChatGPT)

Two Operating Systems, One Day of Truth: Yom Kippur as an Override Manual Humans come with “survival firmware” (short-horizon, self-protective heuristics) and uniquely powerful “override hardware” (reflection, language, norms, law) that lets us edit those heuristics when they start harming...

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