Future of Jewish

More than 50 years later, the Yom Kippur War still has secrets, surprises, and lessons worth uncovering.

From the destruction of the First Temple to the synagogues of today, Aramaic reminds us that Jewish identity can endure even when everything around us changes.

This Yom Kippur, the question is not simply what we have done wrong, but what we have failed to learn.

I helped convince people that Jews were their enemy. Now I want them to understand how wrong I was — and how I found out.

We have confused one of Judaism’s greatest gifts with Judaism itself.

They rebuilt their lives after the Holocaust. Then came the “anti-Zionist” campaign that sounds all too familiar to the one we are witnessing today.

A Jewish life doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Sometimes, a little is the beginning of a lot.

The lesson of the Holocaust was never simply to despise Nazis. It was to recognize the machinery of hatred before the destination becomes obvious.

October 7th reminded us what can be taken from us. The High Holidays ask what we are willing to rebuild.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger entered my life when I was barely alive. His murder has forced me to confront faith, evil, and what it means to carry his light forward.

When it comes to the Jewish state, the accusation is the evidence.

The uncomfortable truth is that normal may not return. The more important truth is that Jews do not need normal in order to endure.

Of all the fields in which Jews have achieved wildly beyond our numbers, chess may be the most striking.

This is what happens when the Jewish calendar becomes the rhythm of an entire country.

For anyone who has ever wondered why the Jews are celebrating New Year’s in September.

Judaism does not ask us to erase what broke. It asks us to make something from it.

Twenty-five years later, many in the West have forgotten the warning about ideology, extremism, and the dangers of explaining away those who tell us exactly what they believe.

First they tried to destroy the Jewish state. Then they hijacked our story.

If Palestinians have a right to live among Jews, why is Jewish life among Palestinians treated as an obstacle to peace?

New York City was once the Jewish capital of America. What happened?