There are no holidays in the month of Cheshvan. No day in Cheshvan to prepare for and say this is the particular face we focus on to guide us towards what is holy now. No guide for my eyes and heart to land on to celebrate You.
It’s the mysticism of ordinariness. The mysticism, perhaps, of boringness, of this is what you get when the magic stops.
This moment.
Of pancakes and the pancreas,
Of over-reacting, of relaxing, of this un-particular face of holiness
that is totally unique to you.
From Trump’s standpoint, the nuclear issue has been overtaken by the bedeviling problem of the Strait of Hormuz. What Trump sees now in Iran is a mess, not a victory.
The world’s fanatical fixation with a group that is less that 0.2 percent of the world’s population has crossed the boundaries of moral vocabulary and into creepiness.
An open revolt for Jewish rights and protections is going to have to come from Jews finally making demands and fighting back—or not at all.
It’d be one thing if Mamdani were a lowly Israelophobe with a few hundred followers. But he’s not. He’s mayor of the city with the world’s largest Jewish population.
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
You Can’t Always Get What You Want came out the year after I was born.
The 9th of Av is an annual reminder to look inward and ask if any hatred has taken root within our hearts.
The Haredim who break out of their bubbles to join the IDF are often caught between faith, family and country. Here are some of their stories.
Molly Crabapple has written a work of great inversion and of ultimate betrayal.
For the director/artist, creating images inspired by Torah is a way of engaging with the stories, ideas and interpretations that have shaped Jewish life for thousands of years.
I took three different dates, ages 6, 72 and 35, to see Dataland, the unusual digital art experience in downtown Los Angeles.
This is the transcript of the speech Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson gave at the 2026 AJU Gala on May 19, 2026.
A classic Australian dessert chocolate coconut slice features a rich, dense, fudgy chocolate base packed with dried coconut, finished with a thick cocoa frosting and generously dusted with even more coconut.
This roundup has recipes from two matchmakers: one is perfect for a special date night, the other is the perfect representative of lasting love.
For decades, the question of Haredi enlistment has remained one of Israel’s most sensitive and unresolved conflicts.
At the very least, the case would provide a global stage to debunk the genocide lie that is devastating world Jewry.
