3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (1020+ words) Birthdays, in modern culture, have become exercises in celebration, affirmation, moments of recognition, gifts, and reflection. But in Jewish thought, a birthday carries a more demanding meaning, than just joy. It is not simply the anniversary of existence; it is…...

42+ min ago  (423+ words) During the war, the soundtrack of Israeli bomb shelters came from Tehran. As missiles fell, Israeli families recorded videos from bomb shelters with the track, "Lion Sun," blasting through their phones. The artist, Tony Mohraz " known as 021kid " writes music of…...

5+ hour, 46+ min ago  (640+ words) Last night, the Remembrance Day film on Channel 11, Haben Yakir Li (My Beloved Son), followed two yeshiva leaders since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks. It was riveting to watch Rabbi Yaakov Medan and Rabbi Tamir Granot as they comforted, inspired,…...

6+ hour, 39+ min ago  (304+ words) My country " the place that holds my whole past, the very essence of my life. My land " its landscapes, the sea, the Negev, the Galilee, and Mount Hermon. Every piece of soil in my beautiful homeland, the most stunning place…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1621+ words) Mention the Jewish exodus to Florida, and people immediately think Miami Beach, Boca Raton, or Aventura. But it was here in Pensacola, along the Gulf Coast's fabled "Redneck Riviera, that German-speaking Jewish pioneers first put down roots in the Sunshine…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (577+ words) I want to share his thoughts on Purim. "Jocularly, folks sometimes say, "Purim is like Yom Kippur; "Yom K'Purim," he begins. "Sadly, from my American perspective, the current (and longtime) political leadership in both the US and Israel leads me…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (816+ words) Canada, where I live, the country of my birth, is a country that, with the exception the First Nations (aboriginal Canadians), is made up of a wide assortment of diasporas, including a Jewish one numbering between 350, 000 and 400, 000, the fourth largest…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (778+ words) Brad Lander called for "a coalition of anti-Zionists and liberal Zionists" in a speech at a left-wing Jewish event where he was being honored alongside New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Lander, the city's comptroller, who cross-endorsed Mamdani in…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (465+ words) Israel's most-read English news website and best-selling English newspaper bringing breaking news, world news & middle east news....

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (898+ words) I write this in my own voice as a Black Ethiopian Jewish Israeli, a Modern Orthodox Jew shaped by the moral vision of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and as someone who believes Israel's future will be decided not only by its…...