by Joelle Novey Photo attribution: Al Zawaydah, in the south of Gaza on December 23rd, 2024. Photo by Abood M Almadhoun and posted by Gaza Soup Kitchen
by Eliana Fishman and Isaac Brooks Fishman Sukkot, celebrated recently, involved a lot of preparation: putting up and decorating a Sukkah, buying lulav and etrog,
by Eliana Fishman I waited until October 8th to write about my four biggest pet peeves with how many fellow Jews talk about the October
by Sam Brody This is a 17 of Tammuz post. For those of you who don’t know, this is a minor Jewish fast day commemorating
Only a few months after Hashem rescued them from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites arrive at Mount Sinai. The mountain is enveloped in smoke as
Image by Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune, May 5, 2024, “At U. of C. encampment, Jewish organizers explain significance of their anti-Zionist Shabbat service“ The Chicago
by Zev Mishell As the war on Gaza reaches into its sixth month, every day there are new reports of the horrors being inflicted there.
By Rabbi Robin Podolsky Every day in which President Biden acts as though he is helpless in the face of Netanyahu’s intransigence adds to the
by Dr. Elana Sztokman The rabbi of the “yeshiva” in Yaffo has said that he thinks that according to Jewish halakha, all the people in
People sometimes point to the ending of the book of Esther as a Jewish massacre—the disturbing part of the story that is supposedly suppressed in
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