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Israel’s appalling inaction on climate change
By
Tammy Gannot Rosenstreich
Governments worldwide are ignoring this dire threat. If Israeli leaders think they can too, they should step outdoors and look up
Benjamin Lau
Not my Jewish Home
There is no room in the religious Zionism I know for any party that accepts Meir Kahane’s racist doctrine
Meyer Labin
Now, after Jersey City, can we Hasidic Jews be taken seriously?
The murderous attack didn’t happen in a void — it came after years when other Jews ignored hate and mockery aimed at my community
Sally Abrams
My go-to Israeli writers in 2019
These authors have been invaluable to me as I work to tell Israel’s story to Americans
Richard Block
100 inspiring Israel headlines in 2019
The world’s first 3-D printed heart, the Beresheet moon launch, aid to Samoan measle victims, and 97 other reasons to smile
Light the lights of Hanukkah and change the world
By
Akiva Gersh
It’s a reminder that despite the darkness we see around us, the original intention of Creation, of all reality, was light
Yuval Krausz
Hanukkah, 1973
When we returned to our bunker in Syria the next day, we would have sweet memories of real showers, real food and the lighting of candles
Joe Baur
At 33, I’m finally celebrating my first Hanukkah
My lifelong apathy about my Jewish heritage ended when I took a DNA test, dove in deeper and learned the value of embracing tradition
Yael Leibowitz
The Books of Maccabees: A tale of two stories
Imagine if Antiochus had written the story of Hanukkah… or if Judah Maccabee’s mother had. Every account reflects its author’s background, including the ones we have
4 ways not to celebrate Christmas
By
Masha Kisel
Help your kids experience the joy and the festivity of the season while you keep them away from Santa Claus
Yochi Rappeport
Women can’t light the menorah in public?
Chief Rabbi Yosef’s ruling, which derides the practice as imitating Reform and Conservative Jews, negates most historic rabbinic opinions
Jessica Levine Kupferberg
The day I discovered the talmudic cliffhanger
Until last month, I was pretty sure the 2,711 folios of Talmud were not for the likes of me
The meek shall inherit the earth but they won’t catch their bus
By
Tehilla Katz
These days, I size up my opponents in the line. The seminary girls are always an easy target. They’re new and on a spiritual high
Top Ops
Sarah Ansbacher
‘Why does everyone hate your people?’
It’s not every day that a German tourist comes out and asks such a taboo question, but he did, and I answered, and they listened
Malynnda Littky-Porath
Trump impeachment lost Democrats a Michigan voter
The US Congress should be doing its job of helping govern the country; instead it has spent months on something with a foregone conclusion
Sheldon Paul Stone
Time is brain
He was a stroke specialist, so he knew he was having a stroke, but the ambulance wasn’t going to get there in time
Bonnie Boxer
The dagger held above Jerusalem’s heart
How can anyone who claims to love this holy city accept this violation of the sanctity and integrity of the protected landscape surrounding the Old City?
Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Hanukkah, Christmas and the light of the Messiah
A Hasidic teaching offers a way to see the two holidays as sharing more than winter timing and crass commercialization
Alon Tal
Best Hanukkah present ever: Save the planet
In this season of miraculous renewable energy, there are real steps you can take, including buying an acre of wildlife-rich habitat
Steven Bayar
Looking forward to Christmas
Will today’s leadership take the chance of becoming relevant to a new generation of families who have all but walked away?
Todd Aarons
Cuts and burns: Welcome to my damn food blog
Is there a latke recipe? Sure. But also Carp Roe Mayo, Quick & Easy Salmon Tartare, and a drink that hooks grapefruit up with arak
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