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Jews in the pews: Finding hope during the High Holidays

During the High Holidays, Zibby Owens reflects on personal loss and collective grief, urging Jews to find hope through unity, action, and community in a fractured world.

Why Zionism is still important to so many today | Opinion

Jews should reaffirm their faith in Zionism; the world should appreciate this gutsy, visionary movement which rescued a shattered people by reuniting a scattered people.

My pet peeves on Yom HaShoah | Opinion

Please, you can acknowledge the ones who have passed, but stop saying that survivors, like all people, are going to die eventually.

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