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No Labels: The Group Fighting for the Political Center
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The Essay of the Year
David Suissa
More Time to Dream
Peter Himmelman
Iran’s Mandatory Hijab Is its Achilles’ Heel
Elham Gheytanchi
Yom Kippuring
Hilla Gohary Kerendian
Embracing Paradox
Morton Schapiro
When Eleven Jurors Agree — and One Does Not
September 16, 2026
The law demanded unanimity. An ancient Jewish court might have taught us to be suspicious of it.
Yizkor This Year for Me Is Like Never Before
September 16, 2026
This year on Yom Kippur, I will stand for Yizkor, and I will say my mother’s name, for the first time.
A New Way to Look at Hate
September 16, 2026
While it’s normal to bemoan the hate that comes our way, let’s be grateful that we’re not the ones doing the hating; that we’re not allowing hate to corrode our souls; that we still have the power and the wisdom to be happy.
The New Dividing Lines in Israeli Politics
September 16, 2026
Bibi-ism has been the nation’s dominant philosophy for a generation. That may be about to change.
VBS Community Rallies After Fatal Crash During High Holiday Services
September 15, 2026
The two-vehicle collision occurred Saturday morning at the intersection of Ventura Boulevard and Densmore Avenue, where VBS is located.
Pink Found Her Courage When the Music Industry Lost Its Spine
September 15, 2026
In standing up to Macklemore and declaring, “I was born a Jew,” Pink did something painfully rare in today’s entertainment world: she refused to abandon her people when supporting Jews became unfashionable.
The 9/11 Families’ Case Against Mamdani Never Needed His Faith
September 15, 2026
The 9/11 families who asked him to stay away were not judging his beliefs about G-d. They were responding to what he has said, whom he has hired and endorsed and whom he chooses to associate with.
Tennis, Neilah at 3 a.m.
September 15, 2026
Neilah means “closing.” It’s the fifth and final prayer of Yom Kippur, the one no other day of the year has.
High Schoolers Spend Summer in Israel with NCSY/JSU’s Next Step Internships
September 13, 2026
Opportunities include internships in biomedical research, engineering and 3D printing, high-tech, investment banking, communications, government and nonprofits, and marine life and zoology.
Requiem for 9/11
September 13, 2026
The United States once attached “Never Forget” as a catchphrase of post-9/11 memory. Its people, however, are now fast forgetting, flirting instead with the descendants and sympathizers of those who flew those planes.
On the First Night of Rosh Hashanah, We Remember Shabbat
September 11, 2026
Have you noticed that we’re hearing “Shana Tova” a lot more than “Shabbat Shalom”?
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.
