Knowing Our History
Rabbi Nolan Lebovitz
September 16, 2026
In this time of introspection and rising adversity, let us resolve as American Jews to write our new chapter by better understanding our history.
On the First Night of Rosh Hashanah, We Remember Shabbat
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Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 19 | 9/11: Remembrance and Resilience, 25 Years Later (Part Two)
Boaz Hepner
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When Celebrities Endorsed a Different “Free Palestine”
Rafael Medoff
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A Bisl Yom Kippur~ Plenty of Regrets
Rabbi Nicole Guzik
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A Moment in Time: The Sound of Now
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
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Enigmatic End: the Penultimate Song in the Torah
Gershon Hepner
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Expanding the Soul
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
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Making Torah More Accessible
Lyric Niv
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Avi Nesher Fights the Boycott with a Human Story
Ayala Or-El
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Combating Antisemitism Through Education in Beverly Hills
Ayala Or-El
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From Israel’s Farms to Los Angeles: The Etrog with a Purpose
Ayala Or-El
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What’s in a Name: Peanut Butter Date Bark
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
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Table for Five: Yom Kippur
Salvador Litvak
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ACF Report Reveals the Strongest – and Most Concerning – Campuses for Jewish and Pro-Israel Students
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Jason Arday, Donald Trump, and the Post-Truth World
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How Yom Kippur’s Afternoon Prophet Inspires America
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The Golden Age of Political Profanity
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Can We Make Anti-Zionism as Taboo as Anti-Semitism?
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Macklemore Dropped from Ed Sheeran Tour After ‘Free Palestine’ Remarks at MetLife Stadium
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Among the most high-profile artists to criticize Macklemore’s MetLife Stadium rant was P!NK. Born Alecia Moore, P!NK is a Jewish Grammy-winning pop star who has been increasingly public about her Judaism and antisemitism since Oct. 7.
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Among the most high-profile artists to criticize Macklemore’s MetLife Stadium rant was P!NK. Born Alecia Moore, P!NK is a Jewish Grammy-winning pop star who has been increasingly public about her Judaism and antisemitism since Oct. 7.
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Daniela Gerson’s “The Wanderers” is all that you can ask for from a book. Meticulously researched, exquisitely told, it is an adventure story spanning more than 80 years, even a love story.
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A Bisl Torah — Season of Renewal
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Know before whom you stand. They are goldmines. They are every possibility.
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Jewish Chemists Who Changed the World
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Preposthumous Non-Sobriety
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Does This Count? – A poem for Parsha Nasso
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