What Nishmat’s Ma’ayan program for Ethiopian women says about Israel’s future
As a board member of American Friends of Nishmat, and as someone whose family has proudly supported the institution for many years, I was privileged to witness the event.
Judaism
Parashat Balak: What is the price of aloneness?
Parashat Balak: Guarding our eyes
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Shavuot 2026: Why the Torah still matters in the age of AI and technology
One of the fundamental principles of Jewish faith is that the Torah is eternal and will never be replaced.
Six Israeli hiking trails and natural sites to reconnect with nature this Shavuot
The KKL-JNF invites Israelis to experience some of its most beautiful water hiking trails across the country.
Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Machar Chodesh’
This week’s haftarah offers a timely message about longing, loyalty, and the enduring bond between the Jewish people and their homeland.
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Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective
When the Torah counts the people by tribes and families, it teaches the art of integration: Each individual is counted on his or her own, yet as part of a larger structure.
'From Alienation to Monarchy': Ruth and the architecture of loving-kindness - book review
Yael Ziegler’s 'Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy' is a 534-page book on a four-chapter megillah.
'Eishet Chayil': Who is the biblical woman of valor? - book review
Eishet Chayil is re-examined as a theological statement about women’s role in Jewish survival, leadership, and destiny.
Parashat Behar-Behukotai: Quality vs quantity
Shmita teaches that true blessing is found not in abundance, but in satisfaction, faith, and learning to focus on what truly matters.
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'The Restoration of Israel': Recovering a forgotten Sephardi Zionist voice - review
Zionism is too often framed as a late 19th-century Eastern and Central European, largely secular movement, born in response to modern nationalism and antisemitism.
