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Joy in Hostage Square, Tel Aviv, at the prospect of the return of the hostages and the end of the war. The sign states: “Home”! (Dana Reany)
Posted inOpinion

Should Trump get a Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza?

by Dan Perry October 10, 2025October 10, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares his autobiography with then-former President Donald Trump  at Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inOpinion

The answered prayers of Trump’s artful cease-fire deal

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman October 9, 2025October 9, 2025
Congregants and police after the shooting in Manchester
Posted inFirst Person

What I saw as a British rabbi after the Manchester attack punctured Yom Kippur

by Rabbi Miriam Lorie October 8, 2025October 8, 2025
(JTA photo illustration)
Posted inOpinion

How ‘holding space’ became a post-Oct. 7 mantra of grief and comfort

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 8, 2025October 8, 2025
Piedmont Chief of Police Frederick Shavies
Posted inLetters

Proud of BBYO at 100. Israel’s messaging should be more positive.

by J. Readers October 6, 2025October 10, 2025
Israeli flag with SOS superimposed over the top
Posted inOpinion

Israel is endangering Diaspora Jews. We need to own up to it.

by Daniel Pipes October 6, 2025October 6, 2025
Star of David and a necklace remembering the Israeli hostages
Posted inOpinion

Two years in, some are asking if the war in Gaza is changing Judaism

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 6, 2025October 6, 2025
ICE agents at immigration court
Posted inOpinion

Who by ICE, and who by mercy? An Unetanah Tokef for immigration court

by Rabbi Michael Meyerstein October 1, 2025October 1, 2025
a vivid painting of a goat in the desert
Posted inTorah

In America, Israel and Gaza today, it always feels like Yom Kippur

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 1, 2025October 3, 2025
Attendees of a Wilderness Torah gathering for Sukkot perform a version of the ancient Simchat Beit Hashoeivah ritual in 2022. (Julia Maryanska/Courtesy Wilderness Torah)
Posted inLocal Voice

After Oct. 7, Sukkot forces us to balance pain and celebration

by Zion Nadav September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

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