The Hebrew word for dog, kelev, hides two words inside: kol lev, a whole heart. A lifetime of dogs taught me, an anxious kid from a lonely home, what that means.
Claire Blumenthal Zeitler was adopted, Jewish, and — she would later discover — the daughter of an Arab prince. What followed was ten years of searching for her authentic identity.
When my twin brother became religious, I flew to Jerusalem, armed with philosophical arguments, to bring him back home. My mission succeeded, just not the way I planned.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
The Only Orthodox Jew in the Room
