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Your Daily Phil: What’s in a name? A lot, if it’s ‘Zionism’
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (1121+ words) Today’s Your Daily Phil was curated by eJP Managing Editor Judah Ari Gross, Opinion Editor Rachel Kohn and Israel Editor Justin Hayet. Have a tip? Email us here. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute’s annual National Jewish Retreat kicked off last…...
Why do we ignore the synagogue?
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (705+ words) I love synagogues. I love watching them grow, change, innovate and — most of all — persevere. In 1917, Mordecai Kaplan wrote that “the synagogue is the principal means of keeping alive the Jewish consciousness.” Citing Kaplan’s work seventy years later, Abraham Karp…...
A Sapir essay imagined 'Jewish thriving.' Atlanta's Dupree built it a home.
7+ hour, 52+ min ago (702+ words) New center for adult Jewish education aims to serve as a hub for the Southeastern Jewish community Zack Bodner, founder of the Z3 Project, speaks at the Dupree Center in Atlanta. In his 2023 Sapir essay “Three Falsehoods About Antisemitism—and One…...
Mandel Foundation grants $1M over 3 years to Atra to improve rabbinate
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (347+ words) Donation is part of larger philanthropic trend of investment in rabbis after Atra study exposed areas for intervention Rabbis representing different denominations discuss how to strengthen rabbinic leadership at an Atra convening in June 2025. The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel…...
Before we can speak with one voice, we must help more Jews discover theirs
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (556+ words) Jewish resilience and antisemitism cease to be abstractions when people discover a personal connection to the Jewish People in their family history. But there is another form of fragmentation we must confront. Before the Jewish community can speak with one…...
Every Jewish camp counselor is following Moses’ final lesson, and we should too
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (781+ words) Every summer, thousands of Jewish camp counselors do something extraordinary: Like Moses in the final days of his life, they devote themselves to preparing a generation whose greatest achievements they may never live to see. Campers sing and dance at…...
Who gets to explain the Jews?
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (494+ words) In 1892, the Zionist thinker Ahad Ha’am found what he called “half consolation” in one of the most grotesque accusations ever made against Jews. The blood libel claimed Jews murdered Christian children and used their blood in religious rituals. It was…...
Your Daily Phil: Conservative rabbis further welcome interfaith families — but still not weddings
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (1123+ words) Today’s Your Daily Phil was curated by eJP Managing Editor Judah Ari Gross, Opinion Editor Rachel Kohn and Israel Editor Justin Hayet. Have a tip? Email us here. The community has long been split. There is a more moderate faction…...
In Israel’s roiling debate over religion and state, Tzohar grows as an alternative to the Rabbinate
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (1922+ words) In recent months, the organization has seen progress in its push to give kosher certifications and launched an English-language weekly magazine Rabbi David Stav, chair of Tzohar, speaks at the organization's conference in Tel Aviv on July 21, 2026. Making up roughly…...
What Tu B'Av can teach us about addressing Jewish poverty
1+ week, 2+ day ago (467+ words) Tu B’Av is described as one of the two happiest days in the Hebrew calendar. In the Mishnah, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel describes how, before the women went out to dance in the fields, they would borrow white dresses from…...