Current
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The enormity of the miracle that happened on September 30, 2026 cannot even yet be put into words. The passengers on the flydubai flight on Wednesday described the terrifying moment when their plane plunged 17,000 feet in under two minutes. No one knew that there was a terrorist co-pilot, an Omani national, in the cockpit […]
History
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We take the two-day weekend for granted, but it's barely a century old. And a surprising part of its story runs through Jewish workers and the rabbis who fought for their right to keep Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath. A Jewish Invention Ancient societies marked time in all kinds of ways. Some divided the month into […]
My parents grew up in the days where if you went to cheder (Jewish religious school), the Rebbe would smack your knuckles with a ruler. At work, they were told, "If you don't come to work on Saturday, don't come on Monday." My father's family was very poor. His mother had to pawn her wedding […]
What other nation dances with their books? As the festival of Sukkot draws to a close, Jewish communities worldwide remove their sacred Torah scrolls from the ark and dance with them for hours on end. This celebration, known as Simchat Torah (Joy of Torah), appears to defy logic. If our goal is to revel in […]
