Print Issue: October 7 | Oct 13, 2023
Last Saturday, Israel lost more than 900 civilians and soldiers in one day - the deadliest day in Israel's history.
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What Ever Happened to the LA Times?
Dan Schnur
Who Are the Jews On Joe Biden’s Cabinet?
Ryan Torok
No Labels: The Group Fighting for the Political Center
Larry Greenfield
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Requiem for 9/11
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Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 19 | 9/11: Remembrance and Resilience, 25 Years Later (Part Two)
September 11, 2026
If episode one was the brain of this two-part 9/11 series, episode two is the heart.
Let’s Create Real Support for Our Nation’s Jewish College Students
September 11, 2026
This is a season when we think about obligations and about what we owe one another. Here is a communal obligation, arvut hadadit, that we can actually meet.
Avinu Malkeinu — A New Poem
September 10, 2026
Our Parent, our Sovereign – I’m embarrassed to tell You we have not been great.
The Genocide Lie: When a Libel Becomes a Label
September 10, 2026
The thing with labels is that they stick. That is a good thing for a group like the Nazis, but to nonchalantly slap the “genocide” label on Israel and its supporters is criminal.
A Bisl Rosh Hashana ~ Not Your Typical New Year
September 10, 2026
Rosh Hashana is reserved for soulful transformation: Resolving to be something different in the Jewish new year.
Print Issue: Confronting Personal Tragedy: A Rosh Hashanah Reflection | September 11, 2026
September 10, 2026
These are among the themes of Rosh Hashanah: Who will live and who will die? Who will suffer and who will prosper? And if I may add a couple of questions of my own: Who will be grateful and who will be ungrateful? Who will complain and who will create?
Happy Birthday, Judea Pearl
September 10, 2026
One thing I am sure of: Judea is inarguably a proud Jew, a steadfast member of this multimillennial Jewish Peoplehood. The other is that I love the man, plain and simple.
Exiled from Zamosc, Survival in the Far-Off Lands
September 10, 2026
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.
At 6:29 A.M., to Honor Nova, the Music Stopped at Burning Man
September 10, 2026
The project was organized by the Nova Tribe Community Association, the nonprofit created after Oct. 7, by producers of the Nova festival to support survivors and bereaved families and commemorate those murdered.
9/11 Didn’t Make America Immune to Strategic Surprise
September 10, 2026
Assume the next surprise attack is only a matter of time, and use that time to make it harder to carry out and less catastrophic when it comes.
More Than Just a Meal: Bringing People Together at OBKLA
September 10, 2026
OBKLA has welcomed more than 80,000 volunteers, including students, synagogue and church groups, corporate organizations, top leadership teams from companies such as Netflix and Amazon and, of course, celebrities.
The Shofar Blower
September 10, 2026
Through poetic reflections, Torah wisdom and personal stories, Salem explores the shofar as a tool for mindfulness, healing, surrender and inner transformation.
Political Activists Are Erasing September 11 in K-12 Education
September 10, 2026
Islamist terrorism remains a threat to the United States, the West, and the Jewish people. We cannot allow the history of September 11 to be twisted into an indictment of the society that was attacked.
