New York

The New York Jewish Week is the home of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency’s New York coverage.

How Michael Levin Inspired A Generation Of Lone Soldiers

Eleven years since Michael Levin fell in the Second Lebanon War, his legacy still inspires young Americans to join the Israeli Army.

Beauty And The Brain

The story of Hedy Lamarr inspires me to balance my social life with my cerebral endeavors.

Ideas

Kinah: From A Survivor Of Child Sexual Abuse

The following poem is a contemporary kinah, lamentation, written in commemoration of Tisha b’Av, the fast which commemorates the destruction of the Temple. The quoted Hebrew text comes from Eicha, a text which is read on the night of Tisha b’Av. אֵיכָה How How did you let this happen to her? בָּכוֹ תִבְכֶּה בַּלַּיְלָה וְדִמְעָתָהּ […]