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Kyiv's Chief Rabbi Warns Memory Alone Is Not Enough
5+ hour, 21+ min ago (393+ words) Gabriel Colodro's article carries the weight of two [] Kyiv's Chief Rabbi Warns Memory Alone Is Not Enough Gabriel Colodro's article carries the weight of two wars at once: the one that shaped Rabbi Jonathan Markovitch's family in the Holocaust, and…...
On Passover, We Remember Why Telling the Story Matters
1+ week, 6+ day ago (293+ words) To all who celebrate, The Media Line wishes you a warm, meaningful, and peaceful Passover. Passover is a holiday rooted in remembrance. It asks us to look backward with honesty, to carry memory forward, and to understand that freedom is…...
Passover in Wartime: The Workers Keeping Israel Fed
1+ week, 6+ day ago (156+ words) Costs are climbing just as the need grows. Fields near Gaza and in the north have become too dangerous to work, fertilizer and shipping are more expensive, and Gitler warns that food waste remains a scandal even now. Leket expects…...
Passover, Purpose, and the Enduring Search for Truth
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (203+ words) To all who celebrate, The Media Line extends warm wishes for a meaningful and joyful Passover. That calling resonates deeply with the mission of The Media Line. Passover reminds us that freedom is never just physical. It also depends on…...
Why Is This Passover Different From All Other Passovers?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (250+ words) On all other Passovers, we gather to retell an ancient story of danger, endurance, and freedom. On this Passover, our journalists are living a version of that story in real time'reporting under missile barrages, running to shelters, and then returning…...
Passover, Power, and the Long Jewish Argument With Empire
2+ week, 2+ day ago (330+ words) Rabbi David Gedzelman's essay is not a standard [] Passover, Power, and the Long Jewish Argument With Empire Rabbi David Gedzelman's essay is not a standard Passover reflection about matzah, memory, and polite table wisdom. It is a muscular argument that…...
Passover and Peoplehood: The Ongoing Struggle With Empire
2+ week, 2+ day ago (243+ words) At the Seder this year, we will again read two paragraphs that seem to flow one from the other but actually originate in two different sources and contexts. The paragraph that immediately follows also mentions speaking of the Exodus from…...
As Passover Approaches, Help Us Keep Reporting Through the War
2+ week, 6+ day ago (147+ words) That work requires commitment, courage, and resources. Your generous gift today helps make that reporting possible. At a time when so much reporting is driven by ideology, outrage, or speed over substance, The Media Line remains committed to serious journalism:…...
Truth and Consequences for Europe and the Jews: Fighting Antisemitism While Fueling Jew Hatred
3+ week, 1+ day ago (384+ words) We also met with Jewish leaders, including local rabbis. The situation was so tense that Jews were afraid to convene a protest in Amsterdam's city square, so it was left to sympathetic Christians to sponsor it. For the first time…...
Purim, Prayer, and a Region on the Brink of Reversal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (108+ words) In "Waiting for the Purim Miracle," Albert Veksler [] He draws blunt parallels to Ali Khamenei's long-running "Death to Israel, Death to America" rhetoric, then pivots to a dramatic assertion of reversal in the present tense: Khamenei and more than 40 senior…...