Ideas

Ideas

The spiritual risks of lingering in the place of our pain

In a time of deep sorrow, writes a California rabbi, tradition places limits on mourning.

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The Sit-Down Ideas

The rabbi who survived the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 5 years ago considers hope in a dark time for the world’s Jews

Jeffrey Myers reflects on how the attacks in Israel compounded the trauma in a Pittsburgh community that was hoping for some degree of closure.

The world is on fire — but it is also full of light

The abandonment of Israel by LGBT groups is hypocritical and cruel

An entrance to a hotel housing evacuees from Israel's southern war zone in Modiin, Israel. (Uriel Heilman)

As Israelis await a ground war in Gaza, normal life has ground to a halt

My Israel Scouts leader died defending our country. I won’t let him be a statistic.

As Israel wages war on Hamas, colleges and companies take flak over their responses

Israeli novelist David Grossman: ‘Who will we be when we rise from the ashes?’

Seeking justice for Israel’s slain and missing without losing our moral compass

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