Human Interest
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For the last 948 days, Rachel Goldberg-Polin has been on an impossible whirlwind journey: first, a 330-day sprint to save her only son, Hersh, taken from the Nova festival by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023; followed by 408 more days fighting to bring the remaining hostages home alive; and now, a book tour for […]
Jerusalem Day
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“What shall I tell you regarding the Land? It is very neglected and desolate... The more sacred the place, the greater its desolation. Jerusalem is the most desolate of all...” So wrote Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (Ramban or Nachmanides), one of the towering rabbinical figures of the Middle Ages, in a letter to his son […]
Some 20 years ago I was walking from my home in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City to pray at the Kotel (the Western Wall), Judaism’s second holiest site, second only to the Temple Mount itself that towers above it. On the steps to the Kotel Plaza, I passed an Arab tour guide speaking […]
The Pitt is one of the hottest shows on TV right now. Dramatizing the chaos of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center (affectionately referred to as The Pitt), each episode of the Emmy Award-winning series details one hour of a continuous 15-hour shift over the season. It's been called one of the most medically accurate medical […]
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