01
Feb
Ask the Rabbis | Does Jewish Wisdom Offer Help in Coping with Depression?
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Moment
The prophet Elijah is in a deep depression.
01
Feb
What Three Words Describe Your Judaism?
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During Hanukkah, we asked participants on /r/Jewish, a discussion forum on the social media platform Reddit, to describe their Jewish observance in three words and, if they wanted, to expand on what it means to them.
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Feb
01
Feb
The Conversation
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Thanks for the wonderful piece Dan Freedman wrote about his father Alfred Freedman’s role in depathologizing homosexuality in 1973 when he was president of the American Psychiatric Association (“Keepers of the Diagnostic Keys,” November/December 2023).
01
Feb
Red Sea Rebels: Yemen and the Houthis with Michael Knights and Nadine Epstein
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Join Michael Knights from The Washington Institute for Near East Policy for a conversation about Yemen, the Houthi rebels and the threat they pose for a wider war in the Middle East.
31
Jan
Wisdom Project | Lusia Milch, 92: “Doing Nothing Is Not Acceptable”
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Pam Janis
Lusia Milch, the spokeswoman for “Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated” discusses her tough survival of the Holocaust and her message for Jews to never give up their fight to eliminate antisemitism.
30
Jan
ICJ Decision Puts Ball in Bibi’s Court: Israel Must Show It’s Complying with International Law
Reactions in Israel to the ICJ decision have ranged from outrage, to a sigh of relief, to a sobering assessment of its broad domestic and international implications.
30
Jan
The Soul of Israel: Lost in Translation with Daniel Gordis and Amy E. Schwartz
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Join author Daniel Gordis, creator of the Israel from the Inside blog and podcast for a discussion about what non-Hebrew speakers don’t always get about what’s happening in Israel and share insights into the country’s soul and future.
29
Jan
New French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is no Stranger to Prejudice
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Tyler Griff
French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Gabriel Attal as France’s new Prime Minister on January 9, 2024. This appointment comes at a time of unrest in France as antisemitism and Islamophobia have both risen since October 7.
26
Jan
Poem | Kaddish for the Living
What does it mean to be “dead / but not”—marooned on the border between being and having been? In “Kaddish for the Living,” a daughter...
25
Jan
How A Set of Twins Survived the Holocaust Together with Michael Berenbaum and Marion Ein Lewin
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Join Marion Lewin and Holocaust Scholar Michael Berenbaum for a conversation about what they experienced and how they survived, a remarkable story documented in the new book Inseparable: The Hess Twins’ Holocaust Journey through Bergen-Belsen to America by Faris Cassell.
24
Jan
Interview | Laziza Dalil on Teaching Moroccan Jewish Heritage
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Sarah Breger
The vice president and cofounder of the Mimouna Association, which started as a club on her university campus in Morocco, on the importance of shared community.