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Eight months later, how have things changed? How are we different? Or not?
Readers noted that a conversation I had eight months ago with Rabbi David Ingber of 92NY and the Romemu community in NYC just got uploaded to YouTube…
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The High Holidays during war? "That is what our tradition is built for"—a conversation with Tel Aviv's Rabbi Joe Wolfson
For our ancestors, the question of "who will live and who will die" were not metaphorical abstractions. And now, they aren't for us, either.
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The High Holidays during war? "That is what our tradition is built for"—a conversation with Tel Aviv's Rabbi Joe Wolfson
Listen now | For our ancestors, the question of "who will live and who will die" were not metaphorical abstractions. And now, they aren't for us…
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"When the heart cries, only God hears"
Sarit Hadad's classic Israeli song has taken on new life in these heartbreaking times
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Healing Israel's souls: we share two very different sorts of projects
Watch now | A video gone viral, and then we meet Gal Nissim-Emanuel, founder of MOSHE, who transformed her grief into grit to enable others to get the…
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"What was shocking about the tunnel video was what we didn't see in it."
Veteran Israeli journalist Sima Kadmon expressed the views of many (but not all) in a YNet column shortly after the IDF released video footage of the…
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American Campuses, Zionism and Jewish (and non-Jewish) Students—Now for the Good News
The TAMID Group has come up with a fascinating way to engage Jewish and non-Jewish students with Israel, not through activism, but through business. We…
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American Campuses, Zionism and Jewish (and non-Jewish) Students—Now for the Good News
Listen now | The TAMID Group has come up with a fascinating way to engage Jewish and non-Jewish students with Israel, not through activism, but through…
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Remembering 9/11 ... and 10/7
On a day on which we honor the memory of September 11, recollections of a visit to "Ground Zero" decades ago, and to the Nova Music festival site very…
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The North Is Next. The Question is "When Will Next Be?"
That the residents of the Gaza envelope and the Nova party were abandoned by their country on October 7 is by now well-known. What feels largely…
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"The Voice of Your Brother's Blood Cries Out." But Is There a Deal to be Had?
Even as the largest protest ever for a hostage deal was taking place, a leading Israeli public intellectual reminded us that there's no reason to assume…
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"Shalom, First Grade!" Or Not.
The beginning of the school year is always a big deal. This year, it was a complicated—but also heartwarming—big deal.
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In a stunning new novel, Israel gets swallowed by a black hole.
Listen now | Rabbi Benjamin Resnick speaks with us about the book he completed before October 7, and why (as an American Jew) he (partly) believes it's…
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When Israel Buried Hersh Yesterday
We buried an innocent, loving, kind, creative, curious, far too young human being—along with part of this country's soul.
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Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
Israel from the Inside is for people who want to understand Israel with nuance, who believe that Israel is neither hopelessly flawed and illegitimate, nor beyond critique. If thoughtful analysis of Israel and its people interests you, welcome!
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