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Weird Ways Israel Won its War of Independence
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Horrific Murder in Jerusalem
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Saying Goodbye to Eddie
The Amazing Yiddish Album Nominated for a Grammy
Meet The Jewish Alexa: Adina
Julian Edelman, Super Bowl MVP
Jtube: Gary Gulman on Sensitive Men
Why Jews Love the Super Bowl
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Jtube: Fargo
Happiness and Adar
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Mordechai, Reincarnation & Jewish Pride
The Trap of Wanting It All
Purim Animated
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by Rabbi Benjamin Blech
Rabbi Benjamin Blech
by Jeff Jacoby
Religious faith and institutions are the strongest drivers of philanthropic works in US society.
Are we losing our ability to feel horror at the face of pure evil?
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
For one Chicago woman, the Arctic cold wasn’t an inconvenience; it was a call to action.
by aish.com
Dear Emuna
by Emuna Braverman
I think my best friend is trying to sabotage my efforts at better health and weight. What should I do?
by Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Why we need to stop misusing “crazy” and other words for mental illness.
Michelle Alexander has given new meaning to the word chutzpah.
Why Gillette’s new ad is creating quite a stir.
Stirring calls to live up to our potential and to look at others with fairness and warmth.
Four remarkable stories that some Muslims don’t want to be publicized.
Your husband is a convenient scapegoat for your unmet expectations and frustrations. Now is the time to look inward.
by Ollie Anisfeld and J-TV
The untold story of the Torah’s impact on America's founders and the political documents they codified.
by Craig Kohn
The key steps that enable people with disabilities to achieve great things can be used by everyone.
by Rabbi Avi Shafran
Recent studies indicate that a significant segment of the immigrants who settled the New World were descended from Jews.
by Sarah Rudolph
A modern adaptation on the classic tale.
by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
LeBron’s apology is the perfect example of how not to say you are sorry.
by Dr. Ariel Mintz
Our minds are extremely powerful.
by Rabbi Shraga Simmons
A positive Jewish twist to the acclaimed new film.
For generations, Jews have faced danger on this day.
Evil harbors no static political allegiances.
A Gallup poll omitted in new Holocaust exhibit shows that most Americans heard the voice of their consciences even though their President didn’t.
At Home in Jerusalem PODCAST
by Heather Dean
Rabbi David Aaron on what we can do to overcome a sense of loneliness.
We must stand against ethical abuse – or risk the consequences.
Rabbi Cary Friedman helps cops survive the rigors of America’s most stressful occupation.
America has undergone a kosher revolution.
From a handwritten letter he wrote in 2009.
He desperately wants another child; she doesn’t.
The Schnitzer family had no idea that their children’s Hanukkah pictures would spark an anti-Semitic attack and galvanize a whole community.
by Ronda Robinson
How three Jews and one Christian band together to save Mohammed Al Samawi.
Snapshots of Lincoln’s remarkable relationship with Jews.
The rental site is delisting vacation rentals that are outside of Israel's 1967 borders.
by Rabbi Dovid Rosenfeld
There is a beauty to the world when we all work together.
Flawed and complex, Lee’s superheroes looked a lot like us.
Actress Alyssa Milano is showing us how to fix the Women's March and other movements infected with anti-Semitism.
by Menucha Chana Levin
The Hardagas hid the Kabilijo family in Sarjevo during the Holocaust. They returned the favor 50 years later.
Coming face to face with unspeakable evil, being Jewish gave Ari Mahler the courage to stand up for what he believed in.
by Shalvie Friedman
Beauty is not the most important value.
I crave physical affection and I’m not getting it.
The daring raid on the Nazis’ secret nuclear facility in Norway.
We have much work to do in this post-massacre world. Let’s get started.
Who’s afraid of Friday the 13th and black cats?
A celebration of life in a house of God turned into a bloodbath.
Any regime that imprisons, tortures, or kills people because of their opinions is by definition an enemy of the free world.
Noor Inayat Khan courageously spied for Britain behind enemy lines.
by Gila Manolson
Bowing to social pressure versus thinking for yourself.
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