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Two Things Can Be True: A Social Worker’s Meditation on Duality, Disability, and Dignity

From the Israel-Iran War to Texas Flooding, Jewish Camps are Stepping Up Amidst Adversity

Why These Rabbis Are Wrong About Zohran Mamdani

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You Must – A poem for Parsha Pinchas

A Bisl Torah — Between Narrow Straits

Two Peaceful Covenants

A Moment in Time: “All it Takes is One Piece”

Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | Hamsa Israel Stories, Part 1

The Epstein Angle Few People Are Talking About—His Jail Cell

Print Issue: Raising a Child the World Already Hates | July 18, 2025

Chef Aaron Clayton: Performance, Healthier Eating and Mexican Fire-Roasted Shakshuka

Singing for Peace: Israeli Artist Builds Bridges Through Music and TikTok

Film ‘Catalogue of Noses’ Turns Cosmetic Surgery Pressure into a Musical

Crime Without a Name

Rosner’s Domain | Defying America: 1973 to 2024

The War for October 7
Columnists
Editor's Note
Trump Pressuring Iran Is Far More Important than “Taking Over” Gaza
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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JJ Books

Essays Recounting Struggles, Written with Honesty and Wisdom

Rabbi Amital’s Legacy and Today’s Arguments

JJ Bloggers
A Moment in Time: “The Awe of In-Between”
Prophetic Illumination, or, The Comedy Club of Canaan
A Moment in Time: “4th of July – A Time of Reflection”
June Joy: Recognition, Reflection, and the Power of Togetherness
Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 13 Resilient: PTSD, Trauma and Healing After October 7th
This episode focuses on the concept of PTSD, and the incredible resilience that the people of Israel have managed to largely have since October 7th. Chava Floryn created her wonderful movie “Resilient,” and I gathered the people from the documentary, as well as a few select people who were allowed to screen it and discuss.
Culture

The Heart of Cooking Healthy Green Rissoles
No matter where you’re born or how you were raised, one thing is certain — the more vegetables you place on the table, the more your family will learn to love them and expect them.
Film ‘Catalogue of Noses’ Turns Cosmetic Surgery Pressure into a Musical
“Catalogue of Noses,” a 12-minute musical short, is a sharp and surprisingly devastating portrait of what happens when young girls internalize the idea that their natural face is a liability.
Essays Recounting Struggles, Written with Honesty and Wisdom
The people who write in this book are all wounded souls. Gone forever is the glib and certain faith that they may once have had, and in its place are the scars and the aches that will never go away.
Rabbi Amital’s Legacy and Today’s Arguments
Taragin’s volume is not a conventional academic history of his mentor. Rather, it offers a compendium of warm and wise anecdotes and lessons he learned studying under Amital.
L.A. Stories

Meet Jennifer Lang and Lisa Niver at Zibby’s Bookshop March 26, 2025

Shabbat Can Help Heal Us

Hollywood
Food Stories
Table For Five

Table for Five: Pinchas

Table for Five: Balak

Table for Five: chukat
A Bisl Torah

A Bisl Torah — A Prayer for the People of Texas

A Bisl Torah — Tiny, Little Jewish Joys

A Bisl Torah — In Your Coming and Your Going
Poetry

Balaam’s B-Sides – A poem for Parsha Balak
If you’re a good Jew, and who am I to assume otherwise…



Passing Through – A poem for Parsha Chukat
We’ve been passing through lands lately without asking permission…
Movers & Shakers

Summer Lovin… in Croatia and Beyond

Jewish Chemists Who Changed the World

The Jewish Drug Dealers Who Are Saving Lives
Sephardic Spice Girls

A Snapshot of Love and Herby Fish Brochettes

Refreshing Summer Salads

Cloudy with Meatballs and Artichoke Stew
Comforts of Home

What I Learned as a Designer on a TV Home Makeover Show

Branching Out for Hanukkah

Raising a Child the World Already Hates
Leave the Short Pants Alone
You Don’t Give, You Don’t Win
The Future Is on Israel’s Side, but the Present is Messy
It’s Hard to Understand Trump Until You Realize He’s Still a TV Showman