First Person Ideas As Israelis await a ground war in Gaza, normal life has ground to a halt Behind everything looms the great unknown of where this war will lead and whether it will engulf all of Israel. By Uriel Heilman October 24, 2023 12:25 pm
First Person Ideas ‘I decided to play dead … My son is still missing’: A survivor’s account from Kibbutz Nir Oz A survivor of Hamas’ assault on Kibbutz Nir Oz describes her experience on Oct. 7. October 16, 2023 4:07 pm
First Person Ideas I grieved at a funeral in Israel this week. But not for too long — another was about to start. More than 1,300 funerals for victims of Hamas’ attack are taking place in Israel this week. October 12, 2023 5:27 pm
First Person Ideas Without Jewish friends at my school, I feel alone in my fears about what’s happening in Israel By Hannah Coleman October 11, 2023 12:48 pm
First Person Ideas I’m far from the front lines, but like all Israelis, I am feeling Hamas’ attack firsthand By Eliyahu Freedman October 7, 2023 4:21 pm
First Person Hillel Silverman, longtime rabbi whose congregant killed JFK’s assassin, is dead at 99 By Steve North April 12, 2023 11:00 am
First Person Ideas Standing on Albania’s Jew Street, I learned firsthand the country’s lifesaving culture of hospitality By Naomi Tomky March 8, 2023 2:01 pm
First Person After I stopped an attack on the subway, the victim and I bonded over Katz’s pastrami sandwiches By Michael Luongo January 30, 2023 4:44 pm
First Person Why this Holocaust survivor wears the same hand-knit sweater every Passover By Tanya Singer March 29, 2022 1:25 pm
First Person The Gaza fighting is over, but Jewish-Arab violence in Israel still has me afraid By Uriel Heilman May 27, 2021 1:31 pm