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Print Issue: Are Progressives Being Manipulated Into Hating Jews? | June 13, 2025

June 12, 2025

i have an honest question for my fellow progressives:
do you think we’re being tricked into resenting or blaming all jews for what’s happening in gaza—or at least into tolerating people who do?

Sephardic Torah from the Holy Land | “You Shall Love Truth and Peace”

June 12, 2025

Written in 1951, two years before he passed away, Rabbi Uziel’s essay You Shall Love Truth and Peace reflects Rabbi Uziel’s unifying vision for Israel.

Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Schatz’s Career Path Started with Her Bat Mitzvah

June 12, 2025

“What turned me on to the rabbinate,” she said, “was the learning and the ability to teach text, to learn more about people and their interest in Judaism.”

Hollywood Film Producer and Philanthropist Peter Samuelson on ‘Finding Happy’

June 12, 2025

The Journal sat down with Samuelson, who also serves as a mentor for young adults, to discuss his new work and what readers can learn from it.

Malibu-based Shalom Institute, Devastated by 2018 Fires, Marks New Beginning

June 12, 2025

On May 18, Shalom Institute dedicated the following new spaces on its Alan D. Leve Campus in the Malibu mountains: its Annette M. Leve Amphitheater; Spatz Wunderlich Family Ropes Course and Adventure Center; and the Kaplan Family Nature Grove.