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Rachel is weeping for her child: In Hersh’s grieving mother, we see our matriarch

Today’s parallels with ancient Jewish trauma are overwhelming — and even the Bible falls short, a rabbi writes.

By Rabbi Menachem Creditor September 1, 2024 3:10 pm

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The progressive Jewish author whose book event was canceled has tough words for both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian debate

“We want to call that community into account for failing to uphold the values it claims to profess,” says Joshua Leifer.

August 31, 2024 11:45 am

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Jews and Arabs hoped to fill a truck with aid for Gaza civilians. We ended up filling 300.

The positive energy of working together for a common cause is life- and humanity-affirming, writes an Israeli-American rabbi and activist.

August 26, 2024 12:14 pm

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A literary critic on why the ‘settler colonial’ framing is bad for Israel and Palestine

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 25, 2024 6:45 am

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What I learned when a Brooklyn bookstore canceled a discussion of Judaism over my Zionism

By Rabbi Andy Bachman August 23, 2024 6:39 pm

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I’m a rabbi who wrote a fantasy novel. I couldn’t have done it without inspiration from our sacred past.

By Rabbi Jill Hammer August 23, 2024 11:35 am

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As a Holocaust educator, I’ve grappled with same questions Tim Walz explored — and that’s reassuring

By Mike Soffer August 16, 2024 10:30 am

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I’m a traveling mohel. My colleague’s unprecedented arrest in Ireland has shaken me to my core.

By Rabbi Hayim Leiter August 14, 2024 11:27 am

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Ross Perlin writes a love letter to New York — in Yiddish and 699 other languages

By Andrew Silow-Carroll August 13, 2024 5:01 pm

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My son died on Oct. 7. This Tisha B’Av, I’m thinking about how our greatest threat comes from within.

By Rabbi Doron Perez August 12, 2024 11:27 am

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