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Print Issue: A 1944 Hanukkah Message to America | December 12, 2025

December 11, 2025

Eighty one years ago, while America was at war and millions of Jews were being slaughtered, the rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation delivered a Hanukkah message that resonates to this day.

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Are We Dying of a Broken Heart?

December 10, 2025

Whatever the future holds, we must remember, especially during Hanukkah, that miracles are part and parcel of our history—and will continue to be. We cannot let our sadness overwhelm us.

Of Doughnuts and Dreidels

December 10, 2025

This week Rachel and I are thrilled to share our column with our friend Rinat to tell us about a unique Hanukkah tradition involving women.

The Donuts Are Coming!

December 10, 2025

Every year brings different spins on the classic sufganiyot.

Not Your Bubbe’s Latkes

December 10, 2025

Whether you switch up your latke ingredients, toppings or both, you can have lots of oily goodness without getting bored.

A 1944 Hanukkah Message to America

December 10, 2025

Eighty-one years ago, while America was at war and millions of Jews were being slaughtered, the rabbi of the Washington Hebrew Congregation delivered a Hanukkah message that resonates to this day.

Rosner’s Domain | The Psychology of Accepting Reality

December 10, 2025

Israelis expected the war would end when Hamas is eradicated. They now have to face a different reality. After two years of blood, sweat and many tears, the enemy is still out there, lurking in the dark, waiting to fight another day.

A Prophet among the Rhinos

December 10, 2025

In this selection of essays, op-eds and speeches, the first piece written six months after his son’s murder, Pearl gives us words that are, yes, sometimes heartbreaking, but also funny, profound, scrappy, informative and strikingly prescient.

As We Wrestle

December 10, 2025

My hope is that we, too, embrace the kind of wrestling that leads to blessing.

Getting Our Hanukkah Story Right

December 10, 2025

This is unmistakably a Jewish story: the mother is no preacher of martyrdom.

The Ethics of Fearlessness in an Age of Jewish Erasure

December 10, 2025

We can perhaps avoid fear, but we cannot avoid anxiety. However, we don’t need to get rid of it; we need to pass through it. But what’s on the other side?

Hanukkah 5786: Liberation

December 10, 2025

This Hanukkah, may all of us find liberation.

The Freedom to Be Different: Rekindling our Eternal Hanukkah Light

December 9, 2025

It’s only through fully recognizing our individualism that we can be unified as a people. And it’s only through nourishing the soul that the bravery, nonconformity, and the true spirit and resilience of the Maccabees can be achieved.

Time of Hope

December 9, 2025

It is truly in darkness, the night which starts the Jewish day, that we come to face our fears and uncertainties, to find the glow of light that reignites faith, hope and possibility.

I Watched Science Change the World. Here’s What Could Stop It.

December 9, 2025

As we mark the 45th anniversary of Bayh-Dole, we must remember its origins: a bipartisan solution that allowed science and taxpayer-funded research to deliver public benefits.

Choosing Good Over Evil

December 9, 2025

The conclusion of 2025 is an excellent occasion to step back and reflect on our failings.

Jews Aiming for White House

December 9, 2025

Rahm Emanuel is one of four Jewish political leaders seriously considering a run for the Democratic presidential nomination, at a time when antizionism is growing and antisemitism is coagulating.

Hanukkah, Then, Now, Tomorrow

December 9, 2025

Will our descendants 100 years from now be living proud, happy and meaningful Jewish lives? This will largely depend on choices we make today.

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