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Print Issue: Education for Jewish Endurance | August 14, 2026
August 13, 2026
The five things we get wrong in Jewish education and what we can all do to improve it.
Elie Wiesel Film Premiere, JNF-USA Golf Tournament, AJC Los Angeles Names Director
August 12, 2026
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
Dafina, the Shabbat Dish That Brings Us Home
August 12, 2026
For generations, Moroccan Jewish mothers and grandmothers prepared their dafina on Friday, knowing that it would sustain their families on Saturday.
Education for Jewish Endurance
August 12, 2026
The five things we get wrong in Jewish education and what we can all do to improve it.
Taking the Gloves Off: New Initiative Says ‘Enough’ to the Boycott of Israeli Academics
August 12, 2026
We may be able to tolerate an irrational mob that goes after anything associated with Israel, but academics whose lives revolve around the search for truth and knowledge?
A Book That Writes Itself: Dalia Rotter Youngerwood’s Jewish Journal
August 11, 2026
“Shavua” is an interactive journal woven with Jewish wisdom, inviting readers to pause, reflect and add their own thoughts to an ongoing Jewish conversation.
A Look Back at Israel’s Concert History — and When the Big Acts Might Return
August 11, 2026
For decades, the world’s biggest musical acts brought their concert tours through Israel: Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney, Pearl Jam, Alanis Morissette, Rihanna and Rage Against the Machine.
Why Diaspora Jews Should Care About a New Haredi Political Voice
August 11, 2026
The Haredi Public Party was created because the Haredi public deserves more than excuses, Israeli society deserves more than permanent confrontation, and the Jewish people deserve an Israel capable of reconciling Torah, responsibility and national unity.
My Teacher Union Ejected Me from a Meeting for Being a Zionist
August 11, 2026
For more than 30 minutes, approximately 160 delegates took turns denouncing me by name for being a Zionist, and calling Zionism racism.
Beth Jacob Holds Farewell Shabbat for Longtime Rabbi Kalman Topp
August 11, 2026
Topp is departing Beth Jacob, where he has served as senior rabbi since 2009. He and his wife, Rebbetzin Jordana, are making aliyah.
The Torah on One Foot: Disability Inclusion as the Core of Jewish Life
August 11, 2026
He didn’t ask the audience to overlook his disability; he showed us how it could become a source of power, beauty and artistic innovation.
One Rabbi’s Crusade Against Qatar’s Global Influence
August 11, 2026
Rabbi Pini Dunner sees himself as sounding an alarm about what he describes as Qatar’s growing influence and ties to Hamas.
Rosner’s Domain | No Suspension of Suspicion
August 11, 2026
These countries plotted – or at least one of them plotted – to advance peace agreements with Israel simply to lull it to sleep ahead of a war at a more convenient time. Or so the “sources” say.
The Power of a Quilt
August 11, 2026
I think of how something as simple as a blanket can carry a person’s spirit, their story, their love, their hope.
Jewish Democrats Take Note: It’s OK to Be Self-Protective
August 11, 2026
Because antizionists like El-Sayed interweave their antizionism with anti-Americanism and antisemitism, every self-respecting American Jew should work even harder to oppose him.
Defend America — Save the Democratic Party, Defeat Abdul El-Sayed
August 11, 2026
It is crucial that El-Sayed be defeated so the Democratic Party will understand that being taken over by such extremists is the road to electoral oblivion.
The Iranian Intellectual Who Admired Israel
August 11, 2026
The scholar’s earlier affinity for the Jewish state is worth revisiting and appreciating, reminding us in this moment of uncertainty that more positive possibilities could very well emerge between two nations, a friendship as existed decades ago, renewed.