Jewish Resilience: Taught By Our Tradition and Tested By Our History
BY ADIN LINDEN The over three thousand years of Jewish history has often been uneasy and tumultuous. Crisis has never been too far from the Jewish people. At times, those…
Reframing the Debate Around Israel’s Obligations to Gazan Civilians
BY JACOB SHAYEFAR “Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your…
Jewish Resilience in Times of Persecution and Prosperity, From Our Forefathers to the Present
BY JUDAH MARCUS Resilience is a virtue that has been associated with Judaism for countless generations. Throughout Tanakh, there are a great number of stories about our ancestors demonstrating strength…
Ashkenazi Migration to London: Building a Jewish Community in the East End
BY EMILY BUNDER When my ancestors left Ukraine during the 1905 Kyiv pogrom, my father’s side fled to Brooklyn, New York and began a life there. However, my mother’s side…
Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor on the Surge in Online Anti-Semitism and Its National Security Implications
BY ESTHER LUVISHIS Social media is a significant part of everyone’s life in the twenty-first century, especially for the young. From X, formerly Twitter, to Instagram and Facebook, there is…
Maintaining Jewish Unity Without Uniformity
BY ELIE DOUER In the months before the October 7 attack, political tensions in Israel were at an unprecedented high, with intense polarization over the proposed judicial reforms. Studies show…
The Six Elements of Resilience Inherent in the Jewish Tradition
BY RAANAN VANDERWALDE There is no denying that Jews are resilient. Judaism is one of the oldest religions in the world. For over 3,000 years, Jews have been persecuted, killed,…
What It Means To Be Jewish
If the future of American Jewry is to be composed of, as Milton Himmelfarb put it, "fewer but better Jews", then what does it mean today to be Jewish? And what makes a "better Jew"?
Fewer but More Extraordinary Jews
Taking a deeper look at the context behind Milton Himmelfarb's prediction in 1996 that the future of American Jewry would be "fewer but better Jews" leads to a new perspective on both what he meant by that statement and how we should read it today.
The Orchard
Reviewing "The Orchard" by David Hopen it is easy to be amazed by the coming of age story. Guided by a kabbalistic fable, and interwoven with the complexities of Orthodox Judaism, "The Orchard" portrays Jewish American life in a nuanced way and let's all of the characters, from all walks of life, articulate their own individual appreciation for Judaism.