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BY RITA SETTON I walk along the winding cobblestone roads of my forefathers,  Absorbing the sights and sounds of my beloved, ancient town.  The angelic, tinkling laughter of the children…

Beseeching 

BY SAMUEL FIELDS We’re crying, But He’s not listening The days pass by The months go on But still no response How much are we expected to do We are…

Tanakh

Symposium

Living A Double Life

BY GALIT ALSAYGH The Tanakh has a stance on Jews in golah, exile. To assimilate or to isolate? To practice or to neglect? To be active or to be passive?…

Leaving Space for “Permanent” Diaspora Jews

BY YARDENA FRANKLIN For two thousand years, Judaism has been defined by golah, exile. Perhaps more than any other ethnic or religious group, Jews have been persecuted, moving across the…

Zionism: An Urgent Call We Cannot Ignore

BY KEDMA ROSENZWEIG In the early twentieth century, former Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis proclaimed, “To be good Americans, we must be better Jews, and to be better Jews,…

Features

Faithful Friends

BY ADELAIDE RUBENSTEIN Friendship must be about something…Those who have nothing can share nothing; those who are going nowhere can have no fellow travelers.” ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

The Out-of-Town Jew

BY MORIAH SCHRANZ Growing up, I loved the fact that I was Jewish. Living in an area with few Jews, this was my unique trait. It was my go-to fun…

A Jewish Perspective of Longing

BY SAMUEL FIELDS Since the calamity of October 7, there has been Jewish achdut, unity, around the world. Such achdut requires respect for each other and keeping our eyes on…

Interview

The Greatest Gen-Z-eration

BY FRANKIE TORKIN Many adults look at my generation, Gen Z, with suspicion. They see us as always on our screens with little passion to get up and make a…

Science, Technology, and Society

State of the Nation

Reviving the American Dream

BY SARAH SIEGEL For generations, the United States of America has stood as a beacon of hope and prosperity for those fleeing their homelands in search of a better life.

Tikvah Mission to Israel

Arts & Culture

Book Club

A Modern Exodus

BY SONIA SCHACHTER The biblical book of Exodus is a well known story. It recounts the story of the Jews brought out of Egypt with the mighty hand of God,…