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Daily Update

NYU condemns call for Israel boycott • Chuck Schumer’s dad dies • A ‘West Side Story’ Hanukkah

By Jewish Week staff

Parshat Vayeshev

Getting to Know the Pain that Those Around Us Carry

By Shuly Rubin Schwartz

Joseph is silent about the traumas that defined his youth.

Rabbi David Wolpe

MusingsA Thanksgiving Prayer

State Senator Simcha Felder, Masbia’s Executive Director Alexander Rapaport, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and Hunger Free America’s CEO Joel Berg attend a kosher turkey giveaway at Masbia of Flatbush, Nov 23, 2021. The event marked the release of Hunger Free America’s annual survey of demand at soup kitchens and food pantries and new findings on food insecurity and hunger in New York City and New York State. (Courtesy Masbia)

daily update

The New Yorkers who fought hate in Charlottesville • The return of big weddings • Amar’e’s Jewish journey

By Jewish Week staff

Sun 28

ESN, a Virtual Celebration of Jewish food

November 28 - December 6

Mon 29

Remembering William Helmreich

November 29 , 6:00 pm

Tue 30

Family History Today: Jewish Dress & Cultural History – What You Can Learn From Grandma’s Photos

November 30 , 5:00 pm

Full CoverageOpinion

Editor's Desk
No One Lost Their Jewish Last Name at Ellis Island. But We Gained a Safe Haven.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Between The Lines
After 9/11, I Wrote a Jewish Week Headline Comparing the US to Israel. Here’s Why I Regret It.

By Gary Rosenblatt
Editor's Desk
The Most Annoying People You Miss in Synagogue

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Opinion
I Sat Vigil for the Souls of 9/11 Victims. 20 Years Later I Still Feel Their Presence — and Absence.

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Editor's Desk
Is Reporting on Hate Good for the Haters?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Editor's Desk
The Problem Is Climate Change, not How I Feel About Climate Change

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Editor's Desk
‘Fauda’ meets ‘Shtisel’ meets ‘Srugim’ meets ‘Unorthodox’
Opinion
My Ex-Orthodox Life Isn’t Glamorous, but My Story Should Be Told

By Dainy Bernstein
Opinion
Baseball Can Handle Orthodox Jewish Players If They Reach the Big Leagues. Here’s Why.

By Ron Kaplan
Opinion
Enough with the ‘Ex-Orthodox’ Drama. Many Who Leave Learn to Separate Dysfunction from Judaism.

By Allison Josephs
Editor's Desk
Jews Understand Reparations Better than Anyone

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Kveller
There Is More Than One Way to Look and Be Jewish

By Mary Jimenez-Gutkovitch
Editor's Desk
This Jewish Charitable Tradition Is Brought to You By…

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Opinion
The Surfside Tragedy Recalls South Florida’s Long Hold on the Jewish Imagination and Reality

By Thane Rosenbaum
Opinion
The New York Primaries and the Jewish Left: Five Takeaways

By Mik Moore
Editor's Desk
What I Will Miss About the Pandemic (Kosher Edition)

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Opinion
Three Things to Take with Us as We Leave the Pandemic Behind

By Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Opinion
Take It from Two Democrats: Our Party Remains Devoted to Israel

By Karen Adler and Ada Horwich
Editor's Desk
What We Joke About When We Joke About Anne Frank

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Opinion
Why Benjamin Netanyahu Treated Jewish Media with Contempt

By Gary Rosenblatt

Full CoverageJOFA Blog

Parshat Mishpatim: Voices in the Gates

By Rabbi Alana Suskin
Prayer Upon Receiving the Vaccine for COVID-19

By Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe
Matan Torah: A New Creation Narrative

By Talia Weisberg
Manspreading in the Women’s Section: Keep Your Distance

By Deborah Kotz
Parshat Beshalach: An Ode to Miriam

By Naima Hirsch
Reflections on Parshat Bo

By Erin Leib Smokler
JOFA Blog
Tu BiShvat, Inauguration, and the Winter Trees

By Lisi Levisohn
JOFA Blog
A Tribute to Rabbi Kelemer

By Ann D. Koffsky
Parshat Vaera Room to Breathe: Seeking Agency in Narrow Places

By Adina Roth
JOFA Blog
A PrayerFull Moment

By Rabbanit Leah Sarna
JOFA Blog
Tzfat Women’s Collective Megillah Scribes

By Chaya Ben Baruch, Susan Zehavi, Allison Ofanansky and Sheva Chaya Shaiman
Parshat Shemot Counting Stars

By Yael Smooha
Wondrous Women of the Exodus

By Daphne Lazar Price
Parshat Vayechi Death, Closure, and Hope

By Rivka Wietchner
JOFA Blog
The Many Blessings of Parshat VaYechi

By Dani Kogan
Parshat Vayigash Show Up, Speak Up, Stand Up

By Adina Fredman
JOFA Blog
Parshat Miketz – Resilient We Remain

By Nomi Kaltmann
JOFA Blog
Confronting the Darker Side of Hanukkah

By Ginna Green
Parshat Vayeshev Deceptions and Higher Callings

By Tamar Green Eisenstat
JOFA Blog
My Body For Myself

By Hannah Wenger Tam