Ideas

I’m Haitian and Jewish. I refuse to have my identities be weaponized.

The right-wing incitement against immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, shows the importance of solidarity, writes Bend the Arc’s chief program officer.

Ideas

For a Jewish world in despair, we need High Holiday prayers that meet the moment

Today, the Unetaneh Tokef’s age-old formula for how to handle hard times falls short, writes a JDC official who has seen Jewish life flourish amid catastrophe.

The Sit-Down Ideas

Why writer Etgar Keret wants to get back to Israel as soon as he can

The author of prize-winning short fiction says the daily reality of a country at war has kept his darkest thoughts at bay.

At Madison Square Garden, an Ishay Ribo concert becomes a moment of Jewish awakening

Hamas murdered our daughter. This is what she’d tell American Jews right now.

A NYC conference celebrates the cultural creativity of formerly Orthodox Jews

How has your life changed since Oct. 7? We want to know.

I grew up in Berlin, escaped terror in Israel and was called ‘disgusting Jew’ in New York. Where can I feel safe?

Music is my passion. Jewish artists are my role models.

Our collective, endless grief is an expression of love, and our most powerful weapon

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