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0 Culture Holidays

What I’m Reading in the Sukkah This Year

Rivka Bennun Kay in 18forty · 6 Oct 2025

Rivka Bennun Kay shares her reading list for Sukkot, emphasizing how this festival provides an opportunity for reflection and recharging.

0 Jewish Law Philosophy

‘Purify Our Hearts to Serve You in Truth’: Rav Amital’s Guide to Elul

Rivka Bennun Kay in 18forty · 1 Sep 2025

Rivka Bennun Kay explores the teachings of Rabbi Yehuda Amital on spiritual introspection during the month of Elul, drawing from his book "When God is Near."

0 Communities Politics

Those Penguins and Those Kids from Gaza: “Man is Wolf to Man”

guestpost in Jewschool · 30 May 2025

Set against the backdrop of the Seeds of Peace Camp and later ventures, this narrative weaves a personal story of friendship and cross-cultural bonding between the narrator, an American connected with the Seeds of Peace program, and Mohammed, a Palestinian professor from Gaza.

0 Politics Israel

Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

Deborah Danan in Forward · 6 Feb 2025

The recent declaration by U.S. President Donald Trump to have all Palestinians leave Gaza and for the U.S. to assume control triggered a mixed response in Israel, ranging from elation to disbelief.

0 Politics Jewish Law

12/7/24 – Shiur 492 – The new initiative to draft Chareidim into the army. Should Yeshiva boys draft into the all-Charedi “Chashmonaim” Brigade?

Halacha Headlines · 5 Dec 2024

The episode discusses the controversial topic of drafting Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews into the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), exploring religious, societal, and logistical challenges and perspectives.