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Andy Blumenthal

Apr 14, 2025, 6:44 AM

From Destruction to Rebirth

What we lost in the fire, we will find in the ashes. - The Magnificent Seven This theme is perhaps nowhere more prominent than in our recent history, where our people went from the gas chambers and ovens of the Holocaust...

Daniel B. Schwartz

Apr 6, 2025, 2:28 PM

The Seder is Tisha b’Av, But With Hallel and a Meal

A couple months after we made Aliyah, I was invited to join a weekly Talmud study group, a chabura. The one and a half to two hours every Friday morning spent learning with that close-knit group is a highlight...

Jan 24, 2025, 5:41 PM

How a road trip tracking the Jewish American dream led to North Dakota

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Imagine absolutely nowhere, multiply it by 100, add cows, and endless wheat fields. It was the motherlode and my kids asked all the right questions

Sep 1, 2024, 4:50 PM

National Unity Now – It’s More Important than any Political Agenda

Unity is central to Judaism: There is the one-ness of G-d - 'Hear Israel, the Lord our G-d, the Lord is One' (Deuteronomy 6:4). There is the one-ness of G-d with the world - 'You have been shown to know that...

Aug 23, 2024, 5:45 PM

Do We Deserve This Land? Parshat Ekev

Reading this week’s parsha ekev in light of what is happening today is frightening. Frightening, depending on one’s perspective of course. Supposedly if we are Godfearing and observant of God’s rules, we will be blessed. As part of our...

Aug 19, 2024, 9:06 AM

Netanyahu: our new Zedekiah

This Tisha B’Av served as a stark reminder of the tragedy befalling the Jewish people and Israel since October 7, with antisemitism peaking, hundreds of Israeli soldiers and thousands of civilians having been murdered by Hamas, and these victims...

Este Abramowitz

Aug 19, 2024, 5:55 AM

The Real Answer to The Question

Take a look at how we are answering to the Nazis’ Jewish Question, eighty-five years later. Shlomo Bochner, a chassid and founder of the fertility organization Bonei Olam (Builders of the World), sent out a video last week of his...

Aug 18, 2024, 6:28 PM

Who May Ascend the Mountain?

As you gaze over the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, it's easy to feel shivers run through your body. There’s something mystical and holy about this place, something majestic, and yet, something extremely difficult to put into words. Few places...

Aug 16, 2024, 6:32 AM

The Rabbi Laughed

On Tisha B’Av we read the kina that begins Arzei ha-L’vanon, The Cedars of Lebanon, a 13th-century poem that recounts the tragic and cruel murders of 8 rabbis of the Mishnah by the Roman empire. The author of this...

Jeremy J. Fingerman

Aug 16, 2024, 1:20 AM

One Very Happy Camper

Julius "Julie" Eisen z”l
Foundation for Jewish Camp

In memory of Julius Eisen z”l On Tuesday, the Jewish people observed Tisha B’Av (9th day of Av), a solemn day on the Jewish calendar during which we mourn the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and other tragedies...

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