2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (913+ words) The event shined a light on the victims of the shooting in December'the deadliest terrorist attack in Australian history'that targeted attendees of a menorah lighting in Bondi, Australia. Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, an Orthodox congregation, is helping to…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago  (1222+ words) There's an old joke about two elderly Jews who are sitting in the park. One is reading a Yiddish newspaper, and the other an antisemitic tabloid. Suddenly, the second man bursts out laughing. The first one is upset. "It's not…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago  (1259+ words) Mark Zuckerberg has this super cool gadget that promises to further blur the line between the real and the virtual. He's invested billions in the hope that this gadget will become humanity's new best friend. The glasses are so amazing…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (497+ words) Sarah Rindner'is a writer and educator who lives in Israel. For more of her work, follow her on Substack: bookofbooks. substack. com What will define the Jewish future is not antisemitism but how we respond to it. Embracing our Maccabean…...

22+ hour, 8+ min ago  (1094+ words) This Yom Ha'atzmaut the polls are sobering. The mass media pounding and social media shaming Israel and Zionism have absorbed since October 7 soured many Americans on Israel. In response, many American Jews are wavering too. But Israel's 78th Independence Day is…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (632+ words) Tazria-Metzora " She conceives / One who suffers (Leviticus 9: 111: 47) Who am I who has never given birth who could never give birth to weigh in on what a woman should do or feel when giving birth? Once I saw men and women…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (687+ words) On a recent trip to Muir Woods National Monument, our family stood before a fallen redwood that had lived for more than a thousand years. Let that sink in. A thousand years. It's almost impossible to comprehend. This one living…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (516+ words) Silence was the response of Aaron to his two'sons'divinely-directed deaths, perhaps because his grief was as far beyond relief as was fiery confusion caused by their alienated belief, an ironical Aaronic aberration preceding an abysmal error in the nation. What…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (635+ words) I have been both the recipient of and deliverer of the words, "But it's true!" A phrase attached to a litany of gossip regarding another human being. Just because the information may be fact, not fallacy, we think we're in…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (984+ words) The inaugural "Bagel Fest West" was held April 12 at Wilshire Boulevard Temple's Audrey Irmas Pavilion. Drawing over 1000 attendees from across the culinary, hospitality and media worlds, Bagel Fest West delivered a packed schedule of tastings, panels and competitions that showcased…...