3+ week, 4+ day ago  (278+ words) Long before the horror of October 7, Israel was already bleeding from wounds of its own making. These were not external blows alone. They were fractures within our society, our politics, and even our collective spirit. Left to fester, they weakened…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (303+ words) Men are often met as uniforms before they are met as human beings. We read the "outside" first: the job title, the competence, the calm voice, the jokes, the silence, the muscle, the dad-energy, the "I'm fine." We take those…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (60+ words) Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! One thought on "Hello world!" Hi, this is a comment....

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (1017+ words) Joseph C. Kaplan, a regular columnist for the Jewish Standard and a Rockower Award recipient, is the author of "A Passionate Writing Life: From "In my Opinion" to "I"ve Been Thinking." A retired lawyer and long-time resident of Teaneck with…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (168+ words) Israel is now ready to finish off Hezbollah. This according to the IDF Chief of Staff. Iran's regime is in tatters. A fearsome enemy of the Jews, and of all humanity, is being eliminated. Arab states, attacked by Iran, are…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (490+ words) Back in March 2023, according to The Blue Square Alliance Against Hate website, a Blue Square symbol was launched "as the universal symbol of unity in the fight against hate." At the time, it was a small, discrete, symbolic pin, much…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (593+ words) When reading Mishpatim, one discovers that the Torah's laws are less about rules than about shaping how we treat one another'and ourselves. Law after law, case after case, it insists that how we behave toward others is inseparable from how…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (431+ words) In the final quarter of 2025, I took matters into my own hands and had hand surgery: my right one in September and its left mate in December. It's worked out well, as I continue to heal and dodge family and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (360+ words) Shabbat Table Talk for February 6-7, 2026" 20 Shevat5786" Yithro(Exod 18-20). This should be an easy question for yourtable: Can you name the 10 Commandments? It's interesting but no random accident that they have become such an icon of Western culture and wherever Christianity has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (622+ words) Earlier today I caught part of a speech by Ant'nio Guterres about the war between Israel and Lebanon. I wasn't alone. A friend happened to be watching with me. As the speech continued, I noticed a puzzled look spreading across…...