4+ day, 55+ min ago   (547+ words) This paid post is sponsored by Project Kesher, which supports Jewish women and communities in Ukraine and Israel and works to strengthen Jewish life during wartime and beyond. Because this trip coincides with the High Holidays, I will seek out…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1621+ words) I write these words with pride in my family, sorrow at what is happening in our country and an urgent sense of responsibility. On December 6, 1938, my great-uncle, William Cooper, led a small Aboriginal delegation through the streets of Melbourne to…...

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2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (360+ words) When I read “Bill Maher says Democrats can discuss faith openly, ‘as long as it isn’t Jewish’” (Web, Aug. 22), I recognized an old and disturbing pattern. It is one that I have seen throughout my lifetime, but it predates all…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1525+ words) Call it escapism, clutching at straws in times of need, or a genuine belief in better things to come, but the idea of the Messiah has been a central concept not only of Judaism, but also Christianity and Islam, for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1278+ words) By Cailin Acosta in San Diego For Jewish refugees fleeing Europe during and after World War II, Shanghai became both a refuge and a place of uncertainty. But not every Jewish family experienced Shanghai in the same way. Tifereth Israel…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1081+ words) I’m standing with my husband at the port in Thessaloniki, a vital commercial hub on the Aegean Sea connecting Southern Europe with the Balkans. I’m thinking of the Jewish stevedores who once worked these docks, and of those who later…...