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No Labels: The Group Fighting for the Political Center
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When Peace Becomes Possible: A Lesson from the South Caucasus
Rabbi Israel Barouk
The Other Shoe
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A New Graphic Novel Re-Presents the Bible
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern
Achievement, Relationship, Purpose
October 7, 2026
A career becomes more rewarding when it supports rather than consumes the rest of life. Wealth becomes more meaningful when it creates security and enables generosity.
Oct. 7 Haunts the Campus
October 7, 2026
Students like me have come to understand that pro-Israel students being othered is the new campus normal. It shouldn’t be.
My Three Sons
October 7, 2026
I just completed a project I started in November 2023: taking each of my three sons on vacation separately.
Miracle at Fort Knox
October 7, 2026
More than half a century later, I remember the punishing hills, but I also remember the chaplain who saw a brother rather than merely a soldier, and a Jewish community that made a young man from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, feel at home.
Bass, Raman, Israel
October 7, 2026
Raman repeated her previously-stated opinion that the Israeli military’s efforts to protect its country’s people from terrorist attack constituted genocide. Bass said that it did not.
Torah Portion: B’ray’sheet
October 7, 2026
In the beginning God creates the heavens — the universe — something very, very, very big.
The Genocide Case Against Hamas
October 6, 2026
Was a single day’s attack, no matter how savage, too brief to qualify as genocide? It turns out that duration has never been the legal test.
The Match That Oct. 7 Struck
October 4, 2026
The war in Gaza may be in abeyance, but Islamist expansionist ideology has shown great gumption and forward movement. All the crazies have come out since October 7, 2023.
Will Sept. 30 Go Down in History Like Oct. 7?
October 3, 2026
Perhaps Sept. 30 showed up right before we paid tribute to Oct. 7 to deliver this message: Remember the tragedies but never forget the miracles.
This Just Makes It Worse
October 2, 2026
In those moments when we have needed leadership most, our Congressman has been silent.
Oct. 7 Makes Me Grateful for the Secular Calendar
October 2, 2026
It’s hard to imagine commemorating such a dark event on a day of joy. The cognitive dissonance would be unbearable.
October 7th and the Secret of Simchat Torah
October 2, 2026
In the last three years, so many heroic people have decided that October 7th will not be the tragic end.
EarlyJ Invests More Than $510,000 to Expand Jewish Parenting Centers Across California
October 1, 2026
Their goal is to ensure Jewish preschools become community hubs for families, starting in the earliest stages of parenthood.
Our Eyes Blink — A poem for Parsha Vezot Hab’rachah
October 1, 2026
My son turned eighteen yesterday…
AFHU Bel Air Affaire, Los Angeles Jewish Film Fest Screening
October 1, 2026
Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.
A Bisl Torah ~ Fragility Beckons Daily Courage
October 1, 2026
Sukkot emphasizes that which we intrinsically know. We go outside and show the world that no matter the environment, we will express our Judaism with pride and joy.
The Antisemitism You Won’t Hear About in the News
October 1, 2026
Liat Cohen-Reeis, director of the Antisemitism Task Force at StandWithUs San Diego, has tried to bring local news media’s attention to antisemitic incidents, but has encountered disinterest.