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Rita Setton
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
Samuel Fields
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
David and Goliath: A Deeper Look at the Underdog Story
Gila Grauer
BY GILA GRAUER In Sefer Shmuel, the book of Samuel, the story of David and Goliath tells the narrative of a young shepherd who defeats a giant warrior. Goliath is…
Symposium
Living A Double Life
Galit Alsaygh
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
Yardena Franklin
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
Kedma Rosenzweig
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
Adelaide Rubenstein
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
Moriah Schranz
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…
The Legal and Historical Evolution of Jewish Military Ethics
Tzur Shalit
BY TZUR SHALIT “I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy.” – John Adams (1) The great societies of the past,…
A Jewish Perspective of Longing
Samuel Fields
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
Frankie Torkin
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
Legendary Jewish Wisdom and Artificial Intelligence
Marc Dweck
BY MARC DWECK In the shadowy alleys of sixteenth-century Prague, Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel, known as the Maharal, crafted a colossal figure from the clay of the Vltava River.
State of the Nation
Voting against Ourselves: American Jewry’s Paradox
Zack Goldstein
BY ZACK GOLDSTEIN The Jewish vote has long been sought after by both major American political parties, and has been key to victories for both sides of the political aisle.
Reviving the American Dream
Sarah Siegel
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
Five Pillars and the Link of Generations: A Different Mission to Israel in a Time of Chaos and Despair
Claire Ambinder Kanner
BY CLAIRE AMBINDER KANNER God created the heavens and the earth, and there was darkness and there was light…and we could choose. So we journeyed to see the echoes of…
Arts & Culture
The Dichotomy of Modern Culture: A Nietzschean Perspective on Aesthetic Oscillations
Rachael Kopylov
BY RACHAEL KOPYLOV Art permeates every aspect of our lives, from visual expression to music and fashion, it shapes and evolves alongside us as it reflects the human experience. The…
Silent Strength: Art as a Vehicle for Healing and Defiance after October 7
Rachel Tratt
BY RACHEL TRATT The events of October 7 brought about a tragedy of an unimaginable scope, one that is ongoing to this day. Typically, new mediums emerge for dealing with…
Book Club
A Modern Exodus
Sonia Schachter
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,…