Hersh Wasn't Perfect, But He Was the Perfect Son for Me

Finding Herself through Ballet and Judaism

Veronica Dronsky trained with the New York City Ballet and survived October 7th. She found her Jewish soul through the art she almost abandoned.

My Mother's Holocaust Secret Changed My Life

Once I knew what my mother had been through, I understood why she'd hidden her Judaism.

When Our Neighbor Tried to Convert My Father

It backfired gloriously.

This Man Rescued Hundreds on October 7th

Oren Laufer drove unarmed into a war zone and spent 15 hours rescuing strangers who kept sending him their locations.

Becoming a Mother Is Freeing Me from Cycles of Abuse

My baby taught me what years of struggle couldn't: that real love doesn't require self-harm, and that the greatest gift I can give my child is a mother who is whole.

Next Year In Jerusalem

A groundbreaking chronicle of spiritual search, originally published in Rolling Stone magazine, April 1977.

Preparing My Friend’s Mother for Burial

I wasn’t prepared for the life-changing experience.

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.

The Ballerina of Auschwitz

Dr. Edith Eger offers keys to free ourselves from our own prisons of the mind.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

I’ve Been Here Before: Holocaust and Reincarnation

When souls of the Holocaust return in our generation.

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.

 

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.   

 

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.

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.

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.

Promise Me One More Thing

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

My Father Survived the Holocaust. Today He Has Over 600 Descendants

In 1944, a teenage boy arrived at Auschwitz and watched his mother and siblings sent to the gas chambers. This is how Leibish Gottesman survived, and what he built from the ashes.

This Survivor is Turning 102 Years Old

Pearl Hinda Nagel survived the Lodz Ghetto, outlived the Nazis and turned 101. Here is what she wants you to know.

OxyContin Almost Killed Him

Tzvi Heber nearly died from addiction. Today he helps others recover.

What Do I Tell Hailey?

A mother's letter to her orphaned child.

Hillbilly Jews: One Family's Unlikely Jewish Journey

No synagogue, no rabbi, no community. Just a family in the Idaho wilderness reading Jewish texts and figuring it out for themselves.

Until His Last Bullet

Eliran Abergel was killed on October 7. He never knew his wife was carrying his son.

A Jew in a Jesuit School

Anytime the professor, a pastor, pondered a question about Jewish practice, she’d call on me and wait for my answer. I never had one.

The Warrior Within: Overcoming Life's Challenges with Addicted Parents

Margalit Romano knows firsthand that there’s no such thing as a quick fix.

I’m a Muslim Zionist. Ask Me Anything

His childhood dream was to destroy Israel and become a hero across the Muslim world. Then he started asking questions.

The Year I Danced and Mourned at the Same Time

In one year: ICU, shiva, a bar mitzvah, a wedding. I learned how to navigate grief and joy together.

The Model Who Handed Back the Outfit

Rebekah Garfunkel turned down Paris Hilton's world, survived narcissistic abuse and post-partum anxiety. Then she built something beautiful.

With Mengele in Auschwitz

After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust, Yantu Weisz lived independent and strong till age 109.

Sara Yoheved Rigler

My Father's Transformation

The son of penniless immigrants, how did a streetwise troublemaker become a man of towering integrity, generosity, and grace?

How a Samurai Found His Home in Judaism

A Japanese man steeped in the samurai code of honor, duty, and discipline discovers his spiritual home in Judaism.

I Was a Non-Jewish Atheist Who Became an Orthodox Jew

I was a confident atheist who feared eternal nothingness—until a Friday night Shabbat dinner changed everything.

Am I My Schizophrenic Brother’s Keeper?

When my brother said we were imposters and vanished into schizophrenia’s grip, I faced the Torah’s haunting question: Am I my brother’s keeper—if he no longer believes we’re brothers?

 

Tamir Goodman Refuses to Compromise

Tamir Goodman was called “the Jewish Jordan” at 17. Then it all fell apart. This is the story of faith, fame, the night he never played again, and his powerful second act that changed everything.

My Non-Jewish Fiancé and the Love that Changed My Life

An interfaith engagement becomes a spiritual awakening, revealing how genuine love supports becoming who you truly are.

This Man Rescued 120 People on Oct. 7th

Oz Davidian risked his life to save Nova festival participants, driving back and forth 15 times under fire.

The Auschwitz Survivor Who Became a Wall Street Legend

Five powerful lessons from the life of Siggi Wilzig.

Living the Mensch Code

One son’s hard-earned lessons on living with purpose and loving the people who matter most.

The Woman Who Refused to Give Flowers to Hitler

She faced Hitler and refused to bow, helped build Israel, and survived October 7. The extraordinary life of Yocheved Gold, a century of quiet Jewish courage.

When a Lethal Storm Turned a Mountain into an Emergency Room

During a lethal storm on a remote mountain pass, a Jewish ER physician desperately tries to save lives.

From Nazi Germany to the LAPD

Rabbi Israel Hirsch’s life shows how memory, faith, and integrity can be transformed into lifelong service.

My Son Went to Yeshiva. Here's What I Didn't Expect

I feared who my son might become at yeshiva. What I saw surprised me.

 

How a Gangster Rapper Found God

Nissim didn't just convert to Judaism, he converted his pain into purpose and his music into a mission. 

Your Last Chance to Meet One of 196,000 Living Miracles

Soon, no living Holocaust survivors will remain. Go meet one of these living connections to history while you still can.

Aviv Hajaj, the Quiet Hero of Nahal Oz

Aviv Hajaj was one of the elite observation soldiers in the IDF Unit 414 stationed at Nahal Oz near Gaza. She was murdered by Hamas on October 7, 2023. Her mother recounts her untold story.

How One Man and His Family Survived the October 7th Massacre

Itay Shabi is certain that he experienced a few miracles that fateful day.

 

Why the Now Jewish Nanny Kept Her Conversion to Judaism a Secret | Jamie In The Rova Ep. 5

Walking and talking with Adina Shoshana, famously known as the Now Jewish Nanny, who shares the emotional story of her conversion to Judaism and her first visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

A Rock Star's Unexpected Return to Judaism

A rising rock star follows mysterious dreams to Israel, where music, ancestry, and faith lead her on a powerful journey home through Judaism.

 

From Homeless to Hopeful | Matty Stein | Jamie In The Rova Ep. 4

In this deeply moving episode of Jamie in the Rova, I meet up with Matty Stein—women’s fitness trainer, speaker, and influencer.

Meet the Orthodox Judge Presiding Over Maduro’s Trial

At 92, Orthodox Judge Alvin Hellerstein—guided by faith and decades of jurisprudence—presides over the trial of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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