Halegh is the indescribably flavorful and aromatic mixture that Iranian Jews prepare for the mortar-like, symbolic food that is eaten during the Passover seder.

Yes, I am among the tens of thousands of people who have followed the journey of Jackie and Shadow, the famous bald eagle pair of Big Bear Valley, and their newly hatched eaglets, via 24-hour livestream.

I often wonder if we have squandered what Esther and Mordechai begged and fought for, and Jews around the world died to preserve.

Greetings from an American Jew in 2025.

There’s an unwritten promise about the life of an immigrant or refugee that the problems we face in America will never be as bad as the ones we had back home. But what if those problems only worsen? 

At the heart of “wintering” is an ebb and flow; a dim light of hopeful recognition that it won’t always be this hard or this bad.