I am an American Jew, and I, like thousands of others, am quiet quitting the relationship I have been told I need to have with
Twenty-five years ago this month, I arrived in Ramallah for a summer program that brought American law students and lawyers to participate in what we
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“It starts right now/There’s a way I was before/But I can’t recall how I was those days anymore/I’m learning how to be here and nowhere
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“Let me tell you a quick story,” Maram said. “My grandfather’s family was from Yaffo. They were pushed out of their home, and he kept
(Editor’s Note: this is an extended and adapted version of a piece that appeared in The Forward here). “The problem is that everyone in this conflict
Time to Be Humble and Sit Down. For Week Five of the Omer, we focus on Hod, or humility. Given that the Hebrew word “hod”
For Week Three of the Omer, we focus on Tifereth, which generally centers around beauty or compassion — essentially balancing the Hesed, the lovingkindness, of
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