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Jerusalem is often documented through its stones: the Western Wall, the steeples, the walls. The book Jerusalemites seeks to shift the gaze from symbols to the living texture; from myth to reality. The perspective presented here is that of a native, a son of a family whose roots have been planted deep in this city […]
Human Interest
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The opposite of addiction, which plagues so much of society today, is connection. When a life built around distractions, possessions and substances gives way to a life built around meaningful relationships, a person starts to grow and find a new path toward wholeness. Jewish thought teaches: “The highest form of wisdom is kindness” (Talmud, Brachot […]
Omer Shem Tov, 23, spent over 16 months in the tunnels of Gaza. For over a year, he’s been sharing his story around the world — how he survived and the choices that sustained him through it all, including 450 days of total isolation, 50 of them in a pitch-dark dungeon where he couldn’t even […]
Here's something you probably won't hear this week: I believe the Jewish people are in a stronger place today than we have been in generations. Three years after the worst day in Jewish life since the Holocaust, that may sound strange, even jarring. But let’s step back from the headlines, look at the whole picture, […]
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