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Emily Austin: Speaking Up Is an Obligation, Not a Choice
Benjamin Raziel
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Finally, Midnight for Mullahs
Thane Rosenbaum
Is Decapitating Evil Worth Risking a Messy War?
David Suissa
Mapping the Year: Niver’s Feb News 2026
Lisa Ellen Niver
Israel, US strike Iran
February 28, 2026
Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that a missile and drone attack targeting Israeli civilians was expected “in the immediate future.”
An Unfinished Film About an Unfinished Grief
February 27, 2026
Frenkel describes the project as something that began while he was mourning his father and has continued without waiting for clarity or closure.
In The War Against Antizionism, Help Is On The Way
February 27, 2026
According to Adam Louis-Klein, Jew-hatred cloaked as political expression in the form of antizionism is a hate movement and should not be accepted.
Yes, We Have a Drinking Problem
February 27, 2026
Yes, we have a drinking problem, right here in the Jewish community.
Jewish Teens Want a Seat at the Table. After Oct. 7, They’ve Earned It.
February 27, 2026
If adult institutions cannot recover moral clarity, young Jews will build structures that can.
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.
Local NCSY Girls to Attend the 4G Convention, a Meaningful All-Girls Shabbaton
February 26, 2026
The highlight of the event, which is taking place in New Jersey, is a Shabbaton filled with connection, inspiration, and personal growth.
A Bisl Torah — The Light You are Commanded to Bring
February 26, 2026
Whenever we engage in a mitzvah, we create connection — and from that connection, light emerges.
Print Issue: Choosing to Be Chosen | February 27, 2026
February 26, 2026
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.
Jewish Hockey Star Jack Hughes’ Overtime Goal Propels U.S. to Historic Gold Medal in Olympic Hockey
February 26, 2026
Hughes’ golden goal ushered in a burst of Jewish pride on social media, with one user calling it “the greatest Jewish sports moment of all time.”
It’s Not Trash – It’s Compost!
February 26, 2026
At Pressman Academy, today’s lunch becomes tomorrow’s garden treasure. Nothing goes to waste.
JewBelong: ‘Jewish Students Don’t Need Your Pity. Just Your Spine.’
February 26, 2026
The goal of these billboards, co-founder Archie Gottesman told The Journal, is to raise awareness and get people talking about antisemitism.
Favorite, Festive Purim Cookies
February 26, 2026
A favorite of the Ladino kitchen, the recipe for this traditional cookie dates all the way back to medieval Spain.
Pam Stein: Purim and Sweet and Savory Hamentaschen
February 26, 2026
Taste Buds with Deb – Episode 144
‘Spiritual, but Not Religious’
February 26, 2026
Those who seek spirituality will ultimately find it, in part, among other people. The more circles of connection that emanate into the world, the more wholeness we will share, together.
When Kylie Met Danny: A Story of Love and Conversion
February 26, 2026
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.
A Tale of Two American Mordecais
February 26, 2026
With the biblical tale read on the holiday of Purim twice – once in the evening, once the next morning – it’s occasion to remember a pair of heroic American Mordecais, one by that first name and one with that last.