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The Binding of Isaac - Instructions

From Tony Award to Torah: The Spiritual Life of Dylan Kaplan

A Tony winner at 23, Dylan Kaplan conquered Broadway while deepening his Jewish commitment.

Emor 5786: Why Counting Counts

Upgrading Your Mission

Sanctifying God’s Name

The Jews Who Rode with Daggers

For 1,500 years, a Jewish community lived in the Caucasus Mountains as warriors, horsemen, and clan fighters. Most Jews have never heard of them.

Deni Avdija Is Making Israeli History One Basket at a Time

For Israel, Deni Avdija is about much more than basketball.

How to Listen Better: Seven Practices That Change Relationships

You think you're listening, but you're probably not. You're waiting and planning, and only half‑present. Here are seven practices that will change every conversation you have.

Heroes We Could Not Live Without

Eli Sharabi survived 491 days in Hamas tunnels. Rick Rescorla ran back into the South Tower to save others. Together, they redefine what heroism actually looks like.

Jews and Pickles: A New York Love Story

From Eastern European survival food to TikTok sensation, the pickle's journey is really a Jewish story.

You’re Asking the Wrong the Question about AI

“Will AI replace my job?” is a paralyzing question that you either catastrophize or dismiss. Here’s the question you should be asking instead.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

What Elon Musk's $800 Billion Can't Buy

Elon Musk has $800 billion and 14 kids. He's still not happy. Harvard's 85-year study explains why.

 

Photographing the Unspeakable

Chen Schimmel photographed the homes, the funerals, and the grief that followed October 7th. What she brought back is something the Jewish world needs to see.

Jewish Artists, Abstract Expressionism, and the New York School

Ad Reinhardt, Adolph Gottlieb, and Barnett Newman shaped Abstract Expressionism, bringing Jewish thinking to the biggest art movement of the 20th century.

 

Soulmates, Anger & Sleeping Around: Rabbi in the Hot Seat

How many soulmates do you really have? What does Judaism say about transgender children?

 

Building the Jewish Future

We need more Jewish babies.

 

Israel at 78: Why This Nation Was Born for a Reason Bigger Than You Think

Beyond the wars, the headlines, and the politics lies a story 2,000 years in the making.

Marriage – Compatible Names

The Miracle of Jewish Independence Today

Zionism has been weaponized and stripped of its meaning. Here's what it actually means, why it matters, and why what's unfolding right now looks a lot like a miracle.

How We Spend Our Time: Six Graphs That Change Everything

A researcher charted how we actually spend our time. The patterns are stunning, a little brutal, and might change how you live.

 

Rachel Goldberg-Polin on Grief After the Murder of her Son

In this heart-breaking video, Anderson Cooper speaks with Rachel Goldberg-Polin, an American Israeli mother whose son, Hersh, was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 and then executed.

 

Tucker Can't Remember? 12 Times America Put Itself First

Tucker Carlson and John Mearsheimer claimed they couldn't think of a single time in the last 40 years when the US chose its own interests over Israel's. I decided to jog their memory.

Acharei Mos-Kedoshim 5786: Separation Anxiety

Love Your Neighbor

What the World Needs Now

Boundaries

Orde Wingate, Father of the Israeli Army

The great British military leader helped shape Israel's army and was an unorthodox, controversial tactician.

Seven Steps Prior to Teshuvah

Five Surprising Things about Israel

A country younger than your grandparents has become a global leader in medicine, tech, and innovation. Here's what you probably don't know about Israel today.

The Jewish People’s Undying Connection to the Land of Israel

For over 2,000 years, scattered Jews have yearned for and returned to this small patch of land. Why?

From Connecticut to the Battlefields of Lebanon

Moshe Katz grew up in New Haven, played basketball, and made friends easily. He gave up his life defending his people.

My Father's Bar Mitzvah at 81

After my mother’s passing, my father had the bar mitzvah he never got to have as a boy.

 

Israel's Ambassador to the US Remembers His Fallen Son

Dr Yechiel Leiter lost not only his son but also his best friend Moshe Leiter.   

Dostoevsky Was an Antisemite. I Still Think You Should Read Him

Dostoevsky's Brothers Karamazov is considered by many to be the greatest novel ever written. It's also laced with antisemitism. Here's how to hold both truths at once.

Four Ways to Remember and Thank Israeli Soldiers

Four concrete ways to honor Israel's fallen soldiers and support the ones still fighting, no matter where you are in the world.

If I Were Jewish

A non-Jewish Canadian teacher asks the questions every Jew struggles to answer.

 

Blast Off: Sefiras HaOmer

Lessons (and pictures!) from NASA’s Artemis II mission.

 

From Law & Order to the Holy Land: Diane Neal's Unfiltered Life Story

Diane Neal spent 25 years in Hollywood and has been through it all. October 7 didn't break her faith. It confirmed it..

 

What Judaism Says about God, Marriage and Moving to Israel

This episode is packed with wisdom, honesty, and a few surprises.

Looking at Nails During Havdalah

Are You Holding Your Phone or Is It Holding You?

Take the 30-day challenge to reclaim your life.

Falsely Accused

A successful Amazon seller, an armed raid, and a mob murder he knew nothing about. How one South Florida father survived being wrongly accused.

How to Stop Chasing Perfection

Perfectionism steals your joy, stalls your growth, and disconnects you from the people you love. Here are five ways to overcome the perfectionism trap.

The Jews Who Never Left the Land of Israel

For 2,000 years, while Jews scattered across the globe, a small group never left the Land of Israel. Almost no one has heard of them.

Promise Me One More Thing

Ernst Bornstein survived seven camps. He never forgot what his father asked.

Tazria-Metzora 5786: An Embarrassment of Riches

The Power of Your Words

Between Relevance and Irrelevance

Five Stages of Mastering Free Will

The Sobibor Uprising

A quarter million Jews were murdered at Sobibor. But on one October afternoon in 1943, nearly 300 prisoners fought back and ran for their lives.

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