This past week was marked by an unofficial policy change in Israel. It feels as if the government is saying, “We do not care what the world

President Joe Biden is pressuring Israel once again. The latest ploy is a three-tiered ceasefire plan to end the conflict, while seemingly

“CRITICAL- Rocket and missile fire” Suddenly, a Homefront Command notification appeared on my phone. This meant I had less than a minute to

As much as there was a lull in rocket fire before we entered Rafah, the subsequent return has been all the more intense.

Growing up, I was not one of the cool kids and was bullied a fair amount. In middle school, one such bully used to incessantly pick on me.

During my senior year of college, the university attempted to fire the sitting president. One of my close friends organized a defensive

“The Bris is going to be on Yom HaZikron,” the mother told me when we initially spoke a month ago. Some families are in touch when the baby

The latest blood libel has arrived. It was reported on April 21, 2024, that some 200 bodies were found in a mass grave outside a hospital in

When we first made the arrangements for the Bris, traveling to Europe from Israel didn’t seem so crazy. But in between booking the flights

The news broke after Shabbat: “Iran has fired 300 drones at Israel and they could arrive in nine hours.” It seemed almost surreal. Iran had

Can you see the hypocrisy? I see it every day — all day. It’s hard to live in Israel, no matter how you feel about the war, and not see it.

The news felt like a blow to the gut. “I’m not ready for this,” I thought. It seemed like just yesterday he had been released from his first

Purim was different this year: something primal came out of us when we drowned out the name of Haman. In previous years,

Since the war began, there’s been incessant criticism of Israel in the media. As difficult as this has been, some of the most challenging

HaRav Yitzhak Yosef, the Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Israel, recently threatened a mass exodus of the ultra-Orthodox community

“Is Bulgaria safe?” my daughter asked just before I left for the airport. Our children have reached the age of understanding that the world

I’ve never wanted to subscribe to Al Jazeera until now. There’s an old joke about two Jews, each reading newspapers while sitting on a park

“We have reason to believe he is still alive,” Rachel Goldberg told the group gathered to hear her family’s story.

As much as I love surfing, my relationship with the sport is complicated. I’m not your average surfer. There are a good number of rabbis who