Knowing Our History
Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
September 16, 2026
In this time of introspection and rising adversity, let us resolve as American Jews to write our new chapter by better understanding our history.
On the First Night of Rosh Hashanah, We Remember Shabbat
David Suissa
September 11, 2026
Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 19 | 9/11: Remembrance and Resilience, 25 Years Later (Part Two)
Boaz Hepner
September 11, 2026
The Beat Goes On
Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt
September 23, 2026
Viral AI Video Targets Jewish Comedian
Brian Fishbach
September 23, 2026
Yiddish Historians: Writing in Their Own Language for Their Own People
Michael Berenbaum
September 23, 2026
The Everlasting Melody
Daniel Kraus
September 23, 2026
We Made This Mistake With Social Media. Let’s Not Make It Again With AI.
Coby Schoffman
September 23, 2026
Rosner’s Domain | Who Is to Blame for Antisemitism?
Shmuel Rosner
September 23, 2026
Who’s Really the Victim?
Hayim Leiter
September 23, 2026
The Price at the Pump Is the Price of Terror
Jerry Rothstein
September 23, 2026
Sukkot: A Place for Every Jew
Rabbi Kalman Topp
September 23, 2026
Biblical Deterrence
David Hazony
September 23, 2026
How Sukkot Makes Us Whole
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
September 23, 2026
The New Ushpizot
Rabbi Lori Shapiro
September 23, 2026
Macklemore, Or Less
Dan Schnur
September 23, 2026
The Rokeach’s Remarkable Sukkah
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern
September 23, 2026
Men Need a Sukkah, Not a Manosphere
Rabbi Noam Raucher
September 23, 2026
The Golden Age of Political Profanity
Thane Rosenbaum
Can We Make Anti-Zionism as Taboo as Anti-Semitism?
David Suissa
Columnists
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Lies in the Air, Facts on the Ground
David Suissa
We have no illusions about the rising threat to Jews around the world; we know there are PR battles Zionists may never win. But we
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Making Torah More Accessible
Lyric Niv
Exiled from Zamosc, Survival in the Far-Off Lands
Michael Berenbaum
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Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern
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A Moment in Time: The Sound of Now
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
The Chapter Ahead
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
A Moment in Time: Rosh HaShanah – We Ascend
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
A Moment in Time: Showing Up
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
“Just a Few Sleeps Away” by Mike Nichols
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A family’s discovery of good and evil in the aftermath of 9/11
CULTURECulture
Avi Nesher Fights the Boycott with a Human Story
September 17, 2026
Making Israeli films is not easy. Budgets are generally small by American standards, and international financing has become increasingly difficult to secure amid the cultural boycott of Israeli cinema.
Judaism
The Everlasting Melody
Daniel Kraus
Most Jews who have sung “Eitz Chaim” over the past half-century probably never knew Portnoy. They did not know when he wrote the melody or how young he was when he composed it. They simply knew the song.
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Making Torah More Accessible
Lyric Niv
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Ayala Or-El
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What’s in a Name: Peanut Butter Date Bark
- Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
L’Shana Tova: In the Spirit of the Jewish New Year
- Ayala Or-El
Sweet Devotion: An Apple Cake Recipe
- Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Eyal Shani’s Recipe for Kosher Cuisine: Wild, Bold and Full of Life
- Ayala Or-El
A Festive French Roast
- Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
From Balaboosta to CookUnity: Chef Einat Admony Shares Her Food Across the U.S.
- Ayala Or-El
Table For Five
Table for Five: Yom Kippur
September 17, 2026
Table for Five: Rosh Hashanah
September 10, 2026
Table for Five: Nitzavim-Vayelech
September 3, 2026
A Bisl Torah
A Bisl Yom Kippur~ Plenty of Regrets
September 17, 2026
A Bisl Rosh Hashana ~ Not Your Typical New Year
September 10, 2026
A Bisl Torah — All Over Again
September 3, 2026
POETRYPoetry
Avinu Malkeinu — A New Poem
September 10, 2026
Our Parent, our Sovereign – I’m embarrassed to tell You we have not been great.
Know Before Whom You Stand — A poem for Parsha Nitzavim-Vayeilech
September 3, 2026
Know before whom you stand. They are goldmines. They are every possibility.
Movers & Shakers
Summer Lovin… in Croatia and Beyond
Delia duPlessis
Jewish Chemists Who Changed the World
Jared Sichel
The Jewish Drug Dealers Who Are Saving Lives
Jared Sichel
Sephardic Spice Girls
Nature’s Candy: A Sweet Fig, Date and Nut Cake
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
There’s a Leek in the Bureka
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Dafina, the Shabbat Dish That Brings Us Home
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Comforts of Home
What I Learned as a Designer on a TV Home Makeover Show
Jonathan Fong
Branching Out for Hanukkah
Jonathan Fong
How to Make a Tzedakah Box from an Old Album Cover
Jonathan Fong
POEMSPoems
A Statement About Donald Trump’s Apocrypha
- Gershon Hepner
When You Come (to dinner) — A poem for Parsha Ki Tavo
- Rick Lupert
Erroneous: That Israel has Renewed an Eye for an Eye
- Gershon Hepner
When You Go Out To War — A poem for Parsha Ki Teitzei
- Rick Lupert
Did Josephus See Jesus as a Rebellious Son?
- Gershon Hepner
Plea — A poem for Parsha Shoftim
- Rick Lupert
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