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Gershon Blumstein

Sep 9, 2026, 4:23 AM

Moving Forward From the Past

Every one of us carries a memory that pulls us backward. Yom Kippur doesn’t ask us to erase it — it teaches us how to transform it into the beginning of our becoming. There is a truth we rarely say...

Sep 8, 2026, 1:56 PM

Asking Forgiveness from non-Jewish Israelis

President Herzog, June 20223 (Haim Zach/GPO)

When we here in Israel soon gather for the Tishrei holidays and examine the past Hebrew calendar year’s deeds, including interpersonal relationships, we’ll most likely focus on our familiar – Jewish – environs. There are good reasons why we...

Sep 4, 2026, 3:47 PM

It is a chilling prophecy. The brutality of its truth is written across the tear-stained pages of Jewish history. All nations will ask, “Why did God do this to this land? Why the (sheer) wrath of this great anger?” They...

Sep 2, 2026, 10:23 PM

The Night Before, The Night Before Rosh Hashanah

Poor guy, how is he going to get to sleep?

Twas the night before the night before Rosh Hashanah and all through the land, the rabbis were schvitzing, were their services all planned? Were the sermons long enough to make people know that it was not Shabbos they were there...

Michael Bresler

Aug 30, 2026, 5:04 PM

The Card I’ve Carried in My Wallet for Years

There is a card in my wallet that has been there for years. It is nothing fancy. Just a few words. On one side: It's never too late... On the other: It's later than you think... I received it in 2014, when I was sitting in...

Hande Gençünal

Aug 30, 2026, 5:03 PM

What Ten Days Conceal, on Aseret Yemei Teshuvah

We call these days the Ten Days, we always have. But when I counted, I found only seven days between the end of Rosh Hashanah and the start of Yom Kippur. To reach ten, you have to fold in...

Alexander Seinfeld

Aug 28, 2026, 10:37 AM

Not the Jewish New Year!

Shabbat Table Talk from the desk of Rabbi Alexander Seinfeld The countdown timers to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are ticking... Question for dinner-table conversation: If a stranger were to ask you in an elevator, "What's Rosh Hashanah," what's your elevator-pitch answer? +...

Aug 28, 2026, 6:36 AM

Bring Your Congregation into the Black Book of Life

Times are Tough for Temples

Congregations across the United States and around the world are struggling to keep their doors open. Fewer people are becoming members; synagogues and temples are being forced to merge to be financially viable; even twice-a-year Jews are dwindling. Part...

Aug 27, 2026, 10:53 PM

Shalom Brothers: The Undivided Man (Ki Tavo)

One of the easiest things in life is to know what kind of person you want to be. One of the hardest is to become that person. Most of us have little trouble naming our values. We believe in honesty,...

Aug 24, 2026, 12:05 AM

A Golani warrior’s October ’73 reminiscence

The warriors, my brothers-in-arms, were huddled in the main bunker when we arrived. Upon arrival, brief hugs, and then a brief command. No one sleeps. A few brief exchanges. The constant bombardment of the Syrian artillery and the deafening...

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