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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 9, 2026, 6:14 AM

America’s New Anti-Israel Left-Right Consensus

Fifteen years ago, both major American political parties treated Israel as a strategic asset in the Middle East. Gallup’s 2011 surveys showed clear majorities sympathizing more with Israelis than with Palestinians across Democratic and Republican ranks. By February 2026,...

Mihran Kalaydjian

May 25, 2026, 7:22 AM

When Jews Are Told They Don’t Belong Again

For decades after the Holocaust, civilized society agreed on one moral line that could never be crossed again: Jews would never again be treated as outsiders in the societies they helped build. Today, that line is eroding before our eyes. Across...

Israel Ben Iosef

Apr 24, 2026, 6:11 PM

Why Astrology Makes You Uncomfortable

Why Astrology Repels You Simple: it does not want to reveal itself to you because you are not prepared to face the mirror of your own soul, nor the truths it carries, because it forces the individual’s Tikun. In a...

Apr 16, 2026, 9:03 AM

Acute Angles: I badmouthed my rabbi – do I need to ask his forgiveness?

Dear Rabbi Ingram. I spoke lashon ha-ra to a friend about my rabbi about two months ago. I don’t know what got into me as I like my rabbi and he is always pleasant and helpful to me when...

Mar 17, 2026, 10:31 AM

Yoni at 80: My Hero Still Leads

Nearly five decades after Entebbe, Yonatan Netanyahu still stands in my mind as the embodiment of courage, moral clarity, Jewish resilience, and the spirit that keeps innovating the future of Israel He was my hero before I knew enough history...

Robert Lichtman

Feb 9, 2026, 6:12 AM

Valentine’s Day Is Not Jewish, But Love Is.

When Adam and Eve celebrated their first Shabbat together, did he bring her flowers from The Garden? Did he sing Eyshet Chayil with one finger holding the place in his brand-new siddur while alternately gazing at his wife? Our tradition...

Nov 20, 2025, 8:45 PM

Misunderstandings about Yom Kippur

My prior essay spoke about mistranslations. This one continues the discussion by focusing on two holy days with somewhat similar names, but they are totally different. Each occurred on the tenth day of the Jewish month Kislev, ten days...

Jeremy M Staiman

Oct 27, 2025, 12:12 PM

A Strange Yom Kippur on the Gaza Border

This is the story of one soldier — my son Arky — whose experiences on his base near the Gaza border this past Yom Kippur were too vivid and unusual to go unrecorded. I write them down here, so that...

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...

Yael Chaya Miriam Gray

Oct 16, 2025, 7:07 AM

Moses: The Fruit Of The Tree That Took 120,000 Years To Ripen: A Chiddush

Preface: In Ḥasidic teaching, the 120 days between Shavuot and Yom Kippur—consisting of the three forty-day ascents of Moshe—trace the inner arc of reality itself: first tablets (pure gift), the shattering and plea (fall and teshuvah), and second tablets (forgiveness...

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