Judaism

Beyond ‘Never Again’: Returning to identity in Jewish, Israeli, and Zionist education

Amid ongoing trauma, Jews and Israelis relive an unfathomable tragedy, but our identity must be shaped by more than grief - honoring our true story beyond tragedy.

By ZOHAR RAVIV
30/03/2025

How the Jewish virtue of respecting elders can become a vice

Age may indeed bring wisdom, but it does not guarantee it. When tradition is used to prevent education, economic participation, and basic civic equality, it becomes not a virtue but a vice.

29/03/2025

Rabbiman Adventures: A Jewish adventure of magic and wonder

A look at ‘Rabbiman Adventures,’ Teamtiferet and Israchem's new video game capturing themes of Judaism and Jewish identity.

29/03/2025

Parashat Pekudei: Don’t walk away

We know who we are. They cannot fathom it. Our tireless efforts to explain may fall on deaf ears – but we hear, and we know.

Parashat Pekudei: The beauty of transparency

Nothing in the Torah is superfluous. From every word – and even from each letter – our sages derived halachic rulings or ethical teachings.

Rescued from the archives and wrestled into print: Behind Chaim Grade's last Yiddish novel

Finished or not, “Sons and Daughters” is a vivid, Tolstoyan examination of what Kirsch calls “a family struggling with the meaning of Jewishness in the twentieth century.”

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
28/03/2025

Declassified CIA files reveal psychic quest for the Ark of the Covenant

Review the documents: Remote Viewer No. 032 described a container made of wood, gold, and silver, adorned with images of six-winged angels, and similar in shape to a coffin.

American Jews marching in New York with Israeli flags. How can we bridge the divide between Israel a

Nearly a quarter of Americans raised Jewish have left the religion, survey says

The study surveyed "religious switching" around the world, and found that significant percentages of people raised in religious homes in the US and internationally are now not religious.

By GRACE GILSON/JTA
26/03/2025

Aleeza Ben Shalom to 'Post': 'I made it impossible to ignore me'

In a world of swipe-right culture, Aleeza Ben Shalom brings something timeless: the belief that love, when pursued with intention and faith, can change everything.

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