Mishpacha
In Full Control
9 Jan 2024
A personal anecdote is shared about a 14-year-old who was entrusted with caring for their rebbi, Rav Henoch Leibowitz, who was scheduled for surgery and had ...
9 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
“Do I Push My Son to Do His Homework?”
9 Jan 2024
This article discusses the dilemma faced by parents when it comes to their child's homework. While some parents feel it is their responsibility to ensure the...
9 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
Tale of Treeo: Chapter 15
9 Jan 2024
In Chapter 15 of the "Tale of Treeo," Nellie, Eli, and their squirrel friend, Squizzle, find themselves in a mysterious situation. Upon returning to their tr...
9 Jan 2024
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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The Protesting-Crime Connection
9 Jan 2024
The episode explores the connection between pro-Palestinian protests causing significant public disruptions and the increase in urban petty crimes, such as s...
9 Jan 2024
Rationalist Judaism
The Animals of Different Cultures
9 Jan 2024
The Biblical Museum of Natural History emphasizes that every culture has animals that are significant in its heritage. These animals are often represented in...
9 Jan 2024
18forty
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What’s Next: Higher Education for Jews: David Wolpe, Talia Khan, and Steven Pinker
9 Jan 2024
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Harvard Divinity School visiting scholar Rabbi David Wolpe, MIT PhD student Talia Khan, and Harvard professor Steven ...
9 Jan 2024
18forty
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What’s Next: Higher Education for Jews: David Wolpe, Talia Khan, and Steven Pinker
9 Jan 2024
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, Rabbi David Wolpe, Talia Khan, and Steven Pinker discuss the challenges that Jewish students face in higher education...
9 Jan 2024
Lehrhaus
Rack Up Those Mitzvot!
9 Jan 2024
The article discusses the differences between Centrist Orthodox and Yeshivish Orthodox approaches to Judaism. Centrist Orthodox Jews, represented by a charac...
9 Jan 2024
The Habura
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The Chosen People and Western Values - Rabbi Hayyim Angel
9 Jan 2024
Rabbi Hayyim Angel explores the concept of the chosen people in relation to Western values. He argues that while the idea of being chosen is foundational in ...
9 Jan 2024
Moment
From the Newsletter | A Wise Person Once Said…What Exactly?
8 Jan 2024
The "Moments Wisdom Project" is a series of interviews with individuals who have lived long Jewish lives and gained wisdom. Many of those featured are Holoca...
8 Jan 2024
Forward
'People are afraid': Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students
8 Jan 2024
Arab Israeli students are facing disciplinary action for innocuous social media posts made on personal accounts following the Hamas terrorist attack in South...
8 Jan 2024
Emes Ve-Emunah
A Charedi Appreciation for Higher Education
8 Jan 2024
The author reflects on the high level of education possessed by Jonathan Rosenblum, a Charedi columnist for Mishpacha Magazine. Despite his Charedi backgroun...
8 Jan 2024
Forward
Girls basketball coach fired at NY school where players shouted antisemitic slurs at Jewish opponents
8 Jan 2024
The varsity girls basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, has been fired, and a student has been dismissed from the team after player...
8 Jan 2024
Tel Aviv Review
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Schooling the Nation
8 Jan 2024
Hilary Falb-Kalisman explores the profound impact of teachers in shaping national identities in the modern Middle East through education systems under Britis...
8 Jan 2024
eJewishPhilanthropy
Goodbye, Columbia
8 Jan 2024
The author discusses the opportunity to change American higher education, particularly the Jewish experience within it, due to the declining confidence in hi...
8 Jan 2024
Torah 101
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#81: Supernatural Resurrection
8 Jan 2024
In this podcast episode, the subject of resurrection and its debate between rabbis and Romans is explored. The argument made by the Romans is that resurrecti...
8 Jan 2024
Lehrhaus
“Certainty Has Never Been Mine”: The Denominational Eclecticism of David Ellenson
8 Jan 2024
David Ellenson, former president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC), was known for his ability to be comfortable in various Jewish se...
8 Jan 2024
Tablet
Israel Update: Episode 4
8 Jan 2024
In this episode of the Israel Update, law professor Moshe Cohen-Eliya discusses two recent unusual decisions by the Israeli Supreme Court. The first decision...
8 Jan 2024
Emes Ve-Emunah
TUM, TIDE, and Agudah
7 Jan 2024
The author discusses two philosophies within Centrist Orthodoxy: Torah Im Derech Eretz (TIDE) and Torah UMada (TUM). TIDE, influenced by Rabbi Samson Raphael...
7 Jan 2024
Forward
Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
5 Jan 2024
The resignation of Harvard's first Black president, Claudine Gay, has sparked wider significance than just a debate over campus antisemitism and free speech....
5 Jan 2024
Forward
He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Then the protesters rebuked him.
5 Jan 2024
Jacob Wheeler, a journalism student at the University of Southern California, faced personal attacks and protests after reporting on the Israel-Hamas conflic...
5 Jan 2024
The Cholent
Does Substack Have a Nazi Problem?
5 Jan 2024
The article discusses concerns about the presence of white supremacists on the Substack platform. The author, Jonathan Katz, worries about the implications o...
5 Jan 2024
Emes Ve-Emunah
Two Down. One to Go?
5 Jan 2024
The author discusses the recent controversy surrounding the testimonies of three university presidents, Liz McGill, Claudine Gay, and Sally Kornbluth, regard...
5 Jan 2024
Forward
Will MIT’s Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?
5 Jan 2024
Sally Kornbluth, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is facing opposition and pressure following her participation in a controversi...
5 Jan 2024
eJewishPhilanthropy
Generation gap
5 Jan 2024
The author reflects on their experience growing up in the Reform movement and how it shaped their Jewish identity. They discuss the fusion of Jewish traditio...
5 Jan 2024
Future of Jewish
Will you support our mission please?
5 Jan 2024
The Future of Jewish is a digital publication that aims to provide inspiration, education, and connection with Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish world. It has ...
5 Jan 2024
Forward
Dozens of Penn professors spent the week in Israel, following their university president’s antisemitism resignation
5 Jan 2024
A group of 39 professors from the University of Pennsylvania recently visited Israel on a solidarity trip organized by psychology professor Michael Kahana. T...
5 Jan 2024
Forward
Israeli student sues School of Art Institute of Chicago, saying professor targeted her with anti-Israel images
4 Jan 2024
An Israeli student has filed a lawsuit against the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, alleging that a professor targeted her with anti-Israel assignment...
4 Jan 2024
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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The Graves of Academe
4 Jan 2024
The episode examines Claudine Gay's response to her ousting as Harvard president, reflecting on issues within academic leadership and institutional diversity...
4 Jan 2024
eJewishPhilanthropy
Torah is more than a career path
4 Jan 2024
In this article, the author discusses the trend of attaching career goals and qualifications to women's Torah study. While offering college credits and train...
4 Jan 2024
Forward
San Diego State University sent an email supporting students after Oct. 7. It’s now being investigated for Islamophobia.
3 Jan 2024
San Diego State University (SDSU) is now under investigation for Islamophobia after an email sent by the university's president expressing support for studen...
3 Jan 2024
Emes Ve-Emunah
Is Claudine Gay a Product of Affirmative Action?
3 Jan 2024
The article raises concerns about affirmative action and its impact on meritocracy in higher education, specifically focusing on the appointment of Claudine ...
3 Jan 2024
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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Israel's Choices, Harvard's Corruptions
3 Jan 2024
Dan Senor discusses significant developments in Israel, including a major assassination linked to Hamas and the Israeli Supreme Court's decision on judicial ...
3 Jan 2024
Forward
Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks key parts of state book ban law
3 Jan 2024
A federal judge in Iowa has blocked key parts of a state law that prohibits school libraries from stocking books depicting sex acts, citing that it would pre...
3 Jan 2024
Forward
Claudine Gay’s resignation from Harvard was necessary but insufficient
3 Jan 2024
Claudine Gay, the first Black woman to serve as president of Harvard, has resigned following controversy over her testimony on campus antisemitism policies. ...
3 Jan 2024
Tablet
White People Are Going to Colonize Mars, and Other Fears From Today’s Campuses
3 Jan 2024
A recent poll found that 73% of Jewish students in American universities have experienced or witnessed antisemitic incidents, a significant increase from pre...
3 Jan 2024
Forward
How culture warriors weaponized Jewish grief and forced Harvard’s president to resign
2 Jan 2024
Claudine Gay, the former president of Harvard University, resigned after facing criticism and calls for her resignation from both pro-Israel donors and conse...
2 Jan 2024
Forward
Claudine Gay resigns from Harvard, weeks after contentious antisemitism hearing
2 Jan 2024
Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard University, has resigned amid allegations of plagiarism and criticism of her handling of allegations of antisemitism a...
2 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
Money Mindset: Chapter 5
2 Jan 2024
In this chapter of "Money Mindset," the participants discuss their personal challenges in changing their money narrative. Tamar shares her struggle with impl...
2 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
Blatt Battles
2 Jan 2024
Rabbi Shmuel Rabi has developed a game show-style program called Rischa D'oraisa to engage elementary school boys in their studies and help them apply their ...
2 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
Meet… Tamar Shames
2 Jan 2024
Tamar Shames, an educator, shares her passion for helping struggling learners find success in the school system. She initially wanted to work in urban school...
2 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
Family First Inbox: Issue 875
2 Jan 2024
In this issue of Family First Inbox, the first letter discusses the idea of sacrificing a career for Torah learning, suggesting that talents should be used f...
2 Jan 2024
Mishpacha
Northern Lights
2 Jan 2024
The author reflects on her experience as a preschool teacher in a Chabad House. She cherishes her time teaching the children the Hebrew alphabet on a bright,...
2 Jan 2024
Lehrhaus
Neo-Hasidism and its Discontents
1 Jan 2024
Neo-Hasidism, also known as Neo-Hasidut or Neo-Chassidus, is a growing phenomenon in the Jewish world that is impacting both Orthodox and non-Orthodox commun...
1 Jan 2024
Emes Ve-Emunah
The Palestinian Cradle to Grave Indoctrination of Hate
1 Jan 2024
The author discusses the indoctrination of hate among young Palestinian children and argues that sympathy for Palestinians in the media should be tempered by...
1 Jan 2024
JTA
Remembering Misha Avramoff, a champion of Jewish education and New York’s poor
1 Jan 2024
Misha Avramoff, who passed away at age 83, was a champion of Jewish education and serving the Jewish poor in New York. As the co-director of Project Ezra, he...
1 Jan 2024
Sapir
Goodbye, Columbia
1 Jan 2024
The article argues that American academia is morally bankrupt and calls for change in higher education, particularly regarding the Jewish experience. The aut...
1 Jan 2024
Future of Jewish
Will you support our mission?
29 Dec 2023
The Future of Jewish publication is a digital platform focused on providing inspiration, education, and connection regarding Judaism, Israel, and the Jewish ...
29 Dec 2023
The Cholent
G.O.A.T. Cholent!
29 Dec 2023
This article celebrates the fourth anniversary of The Cholent, a Jewish media platform, by providing a top 10 list of its most impactful stories from 2021 to...
29 Dec 2023
Halacha Headlines
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12/30/23 – Shiur 449 – Should there be Hakaras Hatov to the IDF soldiers? Does Torah-learning fully protect us, or is an army necessary?
28 Dec 2023
In this discussion, the question of whether there should be hakaras hatov (gratitude) towards IDF soldiers is explored. The panel considers whether hakaras h...
28 Dec 2023