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Masei in Light of Ishtori ha-Parchi’s Travels in Israel
Parashat Masei contains the most detailed description of the borders of Eretz Yisrael provided in the Torah, as given directly by Hashem…
Fighting for My Father’s Life Was a Victory in its Own Way
My father kept his diagnosis a secret for a month. He told us he didn’t want to spoil our High Holidays, and…
Elissa Felder & Sonia Hoffman: How the Jewish Burial Society Cares for the Dead
Elissa Felder and Sonia Hoffman serve on a chevra kadisha and teach us about confronting death.
Why Couldn’t I Understand This Book About War?
I Read This Over Shabbos is a weekly newsletter from Rivka Bennun Kay about Jewish book culture, book recommendations, and modern ideas.…
When Losing Faith Means Losing Yourself
Elisha ben Abuyah entered the Orchard a rabbi and left a heretic. In this Talmudic story, he ventured with three devout colleagues…
The Life-Giving Zeal of Humility: Reflections on Rav Amital
This coming week, the 27th of Tammuz, will mark the 15th yahrtzeit of my master and teacher, Rav (Rabbi) Yehuda Amital, of…
Shlomo Brody & Beth Popp: Demystifying Death and the End of Life
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Rabbi Shlomo Brody and Dr. Beth Popp.
Michael Oren: ‘We are living in biblical times’
Israel is a heroic country, Michael Oren believes—but he concedes that it is a flawed heroic country.
Jonathan Rosenblum Answers 18 Questions on the Haredi Draft, Netanyahu, and a Religious State
Talking about the “Haredi community” is a misnomer, Jonathan Rosenblum says, and simplifies its diversity of thought and perspectives. A Yale-trained lawyer…
Micah Goodman: ‘I don’t want Gaza to become our Vietnam’
Micah Goodman doesn’t think Palestinian-Israeli peace will happen within his lifetime. But he’s still a hopeful person.
The Summer Americans Did Nothing
The American mainland was divided into two countries for the better part of 1967: San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district and everywhere else. Affectionately…
The Erasure of Sephardic Jewry
Mixed Orthodox Ashkenazi and Sephardic communities exist all around the United States. Most of the time, the Ashkenazi voices are stronger than…