Israel, US strike Iran
Jewish News Syndicate
February 28, 2026
Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that a missile and drone attack targeting Israeli civilians was expected “in the immediate future.”
Israel, US strike Iran
Jewish News Syndicate
February 28, 2026
An Unfinished Film About an Unfinished Grief
Brian Fishbach
February 27, 2026
In The War Against Antizionism, Help Is On The Way
Alan Zeitlin
February 27, 2026
Yes, We Have a Drinking Problem
Chaim Steinmetz
February 27, 2026
Jewish Teens Want a Seat at the Table. After Oct. 7, They’ve Earned It.
Samuel J. Abrams
February 27, 2026
By Your Command – A poem for Parsha Tetzaveh
Rick Lupert
February 26, 2026
Local NCSY Girls to Attend the 4G Convention, a Meaningful All-Girls Shabbaton
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February 26, 2026
A Moment in Time: “Cleared for Kindness”
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
February 26, 2026
Humility, the Torah and Washington DC
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February 26, 2026
A Bisl Torah — The Light You are Commanded to Bring
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February 26, 2026
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February 26, 2026
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February 26, 2026
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February 26, 2026
JewBelong: ‘Jewish Students Don’t Need Your Pity. Just Your Spine.’
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Editor's Note
Trump Pressuring Iran Is Far More Important than “Taking Over” Gaza
David Suissa
The Gaza bombshell is one of those fantasies that will hijack many news cycles but will be lucky to get to first base. Trump’s order
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Mapping the Year: Niver’s Feb News 2026
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Larry David Talks Shabbos and Comedy on Elon Gold’s ‘Stars of David’ Podcast
February 25, 2026
Gold calls David the “godol hador,” meaning “the great one of this generation.”
Books
When Kylie Met Danny: A Story of Love and Conversion
Ayala Or-El
At 12, Kylie Ora Lobell decided she no longer believed in God. Many years later, as she chronicles in her new book, she met an Orthodox Jew who changed her life.
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Brian Fishbach
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Books
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- Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
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Love Stories – A Persian Love Cake
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Table For Five
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February 26, 2026
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February 19, 2026
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A Bisl Torah
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A Bisl Torah — Holy Selfishness
February 12, 2026
A Bisl Torah — The Second Soul
February 5, 2026
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By Your Command – A poem for Parsha Tetzaveh
February 26, 2026
I’m a freeform command follower. Oxygen takes its own path into my lungs. My blood flows at its discretion.
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February 19, 2026
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Movers & Shakers
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Jewish Chemists Who Changed the World
Jared Sichel
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Sephardic Spice Girls
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Comforts of Home
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- Rick Lupert
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- Gershon Hepner
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- Rick Lupert
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- Gershon Hepner
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