6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (140+ words) Can a book change hearts? Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir "When We See You Again' just might "Fantasy Life' review: A Jewish, neurotic character study that never fully lands What Hasan Piker got wrong about Einstein and Zionism Is Reform Judaism about…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (141+ words) Can a book change hearts? Rachel Goldberg-Polin's memoir "When We See You Again' just might "Fantasy Life' review: A Jewish, neurotic character study that never fully lands What Hasan Piker got wrong about Einstein and Zionism Is Reform Judaism about…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1216+ words) Apr 24 2026 06: 00 AM EDT In countless films, parents are forced into the role of superheroes, fighting against impossible odds to bring their kidnapped children home. In real life, tragically, some children never return. At the end of August 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (145+ words) Apr 23 2026 11: 16 AM EDT New videos uploaded weekly What Hasan Piker got wrong about Einstein and Zionism Is Reform Judaism about modernity or tradition? With Rabbi Rick Jacobs How Israel's coffee carts became living memorials after October 7 Israel's greatest paradox with…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1957+ words) Okay. Yalla. Let's do this. We've been living through a moment that feels like something has been fundamentally broken for a few years now. For many of us, October 7th shattered more than just a sense of security. It shattered belief....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (185+ words) For centuries, Jews were blamed for the crucifixion of Jesus. But the story starts in Roman-ruled Judea, where only Roman authority could carry out a punishment like this. The Gospels, written later, reflect debates within the Jewish world at the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (615+ words) Apr 15 2026 05: 07 PM EDT Jewish writers have a long, time-honored tradition of spinning the fantastical, from the numerous Jewish fairy tales and folktales that have been retold for generations to modern stories that remix old legends into new worlds." In recent…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago  (853+ words) Apr 14 2026 06: 38 PM EDT When comedian Jeremy Culhane recently portrayed Tucker Carlson on "Saturday Night Live," many Jewish comedy fans couldn't help but wonder: why not Ami Kozak? So when "SNL" took its own shot at Carlson, Kozak wasn't exactly impressed....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1021+ words) Apr 11 2026 05: 46 PM EDT At NIS 850 billion ($280 billion USD), this is the largest budget in Israel's history, coming as the state is already struggling with increased costs from the almost constant state of war since 2023. The Defense Ministry received a substantial…...

4+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1984+ words) The Haggadah is the most widely read Jewish book in the world, and yet it was never supposed to be a book at all. Yael takes Schwab through its surprising history: how an oral commandment became rabbinic debate, evolved into…...