The Toy Torah a Soldier Found in Gaza

The Macklemore Mess: What Pink Got Right and Everyone Else Got Wrong

Macklemore hasn't had a hit in a decade. Thanks to the backlash, he's now the most talked-about musician in the world. What should Jews have done instead?

A History Lesson on Tucker Carlson for Vice President J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance won't criticize his friend Tucker Carlson. A 1930s radio priest's story shows exactly why that's a mistake.

The Best Things in Life are Not Things

How the holiday of Sukkot contains the key to finding happiness.

If These Were Your Last Words

An Auschwitz survivor never forgave herself for the last words she said to her little brother. Yom Kippur asks us to speak like every word might be our last.

Harvard Business Review Rediscovered the Viduy Confession

A Harvard study on why corporate apologies fail matches the formula for teshuva Maimonides codified centuries ago.

After the Manchester Synagogue Attack, They Danced Through Their Tears

A grieving Manchester synagogue danced the Friday after a terror attack. That same tension shaped one of Judaism's oldest Shabbat songs, and defines the essence of being a Jew.

How Farming is Healing Israeli’s Wounded Soldiers

A soldier who chased a terrorist armed with only a beer glass later broke down himself. His answer became a network of farms healing 10,000 Israelis and counting.

Surviving 9/11: Four Jewish New Yorkers Remember That Day

Twenty-five years later, four survivors relive the day terror came to New York City.

As Jewish as a Ham Sandwich

"As Jewish as a ham sandwich" — that's how Ben Shapiro described a Hannah Einbinder’s anti-Israel views. A Chabad rabbi pushed back hard. Who's right?

Six Lessons From 9/11

A Brooklyn programmer had a chance to escape the Twin Towers but stayed behind with his paralyzed coworker instead. That story is one of six lessons from that day.

For 44 years, Yehuda Katz’s Family Refused to Give Up Hope

Yehuda Katz disappeared in battle in 1982. His family never stopped believing he would walk through the door.

The Lindsay Clancy Trial and the Unexpected Comfort in Divine Judgment

A mother killed her three children. Following her trial made me rethink what I thought I knew about judgment, guilt, and being truly understood.

In Poland, Even Winnie-the-Pooh Has a Holocaust Story

A childhood copy of Winnie-the-Pooh unlocks a hidden history: forged papers, buried names, and the Jews who survived the war in Poland by disappearing.

Why the World Can't Stop Talking About the Jews

Why are Jews always the story?

3 Persistent Myths About Gaza

The claims that Israel is starving children, committing genocide and killing journalists are harming Israel's reputation worldwide. None of them are true.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

Greece’s Minister of Health is Baffled by the Jews

He can’t explain Israel’s success and happiness. Can you?

Freezing My Eggs

Single, 36, and planning for motherhood.

The Colombia Earthquake Shook My Family – and My Faith

My brother's apartment collapsed around him. He survived. As Colombia rebuilds, here's the question the earthquake forced me to ask myself.

Five Lessons My Father Taught Me in Business

Two years after his passing, my father's wisdom still guides how I work, lead, and live.

The Talmud’s Guidelines for Spotting Fake News

AI fakes, clickbait, disinformation – here are 10 timeless tests for telling truth from nonsense.

What Mamdani Gets Wrong

Mamdani dismisses Israel as just an idea. Shabbat Nachamu, the Sabbath of comfort, shows why that idea will never be extinguished.

How a 3 AM Thought Spiral Can Destroy the Temple

Fear builds imaginary worlds. Love sees the real one.

While We Were Celebrating

Over the past year, terrorists struck Jews on Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, and Passover. There was one consistent answer from survivors: celebrate louder.

The Chess Champion Hungary Wanted as President

Judit Polgar faced down antisemitism to become Hungary's most beloved citizen.

Unsafe at MIT

MIT never investigated its antisemitism crisis. Professor Yossi Sheffi wrote the book the university wouldn't, showing how his own campus turned on its Jews.

Are You a Spy or a Tourist?

Every relationship runs on one quiet choice: look for what's wrong, or look for what's good. The eyes you use decide what you find.

Giving Away Part of Her Liver Saved Three Lives

Saying yes to a stranger’s request, Aviva donated part of her liver, kicking off a chain that saved three lives.

On the Ground in Venezuela

In response to a deadly earthquake, the Jewish community mobilized to assist anyone affected.

Indigenous Peoples Call Israel the World's Greatest Decolonization Story

Native American, Maori, and Apache leaders are pushing back against the "settler colonialist" label, calling Israel the most successful land-back story in modern history.

The Man Who Coined "Genocide" Would Be Horrified by This

Holocaust Survivor Raphael Lemkin coined the term “genocide.” The institute that bears His name Is twisting its meaning to slander Israel.

Her Parents Lost Everything. They Never Lost Their Ability to Love

Dr. Naomi Vilko, a psychiatrist and only child of two Holocaust survivors, reflects on the "secondhand smoke" of trauma and the resilience that let her parents rebuild after losing everything.

“I Don’t Want to Work for a Jew”

A Cornell student’s antisemitic rejection to a job interview triggered a firestorm, and a wave of Jewish pride.

As a Jewish Coloradan, I Am Afraid

I never thought being an openly Jewish Coloradan would make me feel unsafe. After Melat Kiros victory in the primaries, I'm no longer so sure.

The Anthropologist Deconstructing Antizionism

A Yale-trained anthropologist, Adam Louis-Klein emerged from the Amazon to find his academic world celebrating a hate movement. He is using his background in anthropology to fight antizionism.

 

Operation Entebbe: 50 Years Ago

Terrorists hijacked an Air France plane, diverting it to Uganda, where passengers were held hostage. The IDF launched one of the boldest hostage rescue missions in history.

I Looked Fine. I Wasn't

Depression doesn't always look like what you think.

Holocaust Survivors’ Torment After Liberation

Shocked by the horrific manner U.S. troops were treating survivors, two Jewish American soldiers took matters in their own hands.

Ten Timeless Rules of Investing from the Talmud

Ten sound investment rules from Jewish tradition, and the modern financial giants who echoed them.

The Only Orthodox Jew in the Room

You don't have to compromise your values to build bridges with Jews who live differently than you do.

Israel on Trial

In his instant bestseller, Federal Judge Roy K. Altman scrutinizes the six most prevalent claims against Israel as he would in a court of law.

Conviction in an Age of Convenience

Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Balaam all shifted their convictions when it paid to.

The Laundromat and the Drunk Antisemite

A late-night run-in with a hostile stranger turned into a conversation neither of us expected.

Slandering Gwyneth Paltrow

Critics are blasting the actress for her luxury Israeli hi-rise commercial, dubbing her “Gwynocide.”

Iran, Trump, and the Lesson Jews Keep Forgetting

From unprecedented ally to devastating disappointment — and why neither extreme should define how Jews see their place in history.

To Parents of Children in the Pediatric Psych Ward

Why you are my heroes.

Of a Thousand Places to See Before You Die, Only One Actually Needs You There

We've traveled the world. But Israel is the only place where our presence actually mattered to the people we met.

Meet the Educator behind Speak Up Jew

With her speech therapy background, a storytime mission, and the chutzpah to stand up for Jews everywhere, Moran Goldschmidt understands the importance of speaking up.

America at 250: A Jewish Reckoning

Nazi tattoos on Senate ballots, swastikas in the streets. As America turns 250, Jews must ask: is this still our “kingdom of kindness”?

Canada Has an Antisemitism Problem But the Country Is Not Lost

Antisemitism in Canada is real and serious. But a vocal, violent minority is not the whole country, and Canadian Jews shouldn't act like it is.

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