Ideas

Jewish liturgy includes a curse against our enemies. We can be OK with that.

Praying that an enemy be stopped is not the same as calling for its destruction, writes the the CEO of the Hadar Institute.

Ideas

In hopeless times, we need to the courage to speak up — and to listen

Belief in the possibility of change sets the Israelites on the path to freedom, writes the executive director of Hillel Germany.

Ideas

What Jews are feeling now is an inheritance of values — and trauma

Younger generations can be deeply imprinted by the extreme life experiences that their ancestors endured, writes a psychotherapist and leader in the Jewish Renewal movement.

The best Jewish books I read in 2023

In these last months of 2023, I have noticed the Jewish ancestors in me more than ever

This day of communal Kaddish, enacted after the Holocaust, is just right for this moment

What is antisemitism? At a Jewish studies conference, scholars use the archives as a guide — and a warning

The pro-Israel case for a negotiated end to the war in Gaza

My family history makes me too progressive for the Zionists and too Zionist for the progressives

Among Jewish Americans, a ‘quiet middle’ has growing qualms over the war in Gaza

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