Features
Ex-commando turned chasid bridges divide
JNSFeb 22, 2024
With an M16 over his shoulder and a pistol and walkie-talkie at his waist, his long black coat and fur hat worn by some chasidic Jews in place, Asaf Peleg turns heads as...
They can’t keep Shabbat in Gaza, so we’ll do it
Deborah Fineblum, JNSJan 18, 2024
Through Shabbat 4 Soldier, Toronto households are keeping Shabbat — most for the first time — for soldiers who are fighting in Gaza.
At the shiva home of Ben Zussman
Special to the IJNDec 13, 2023
Personal essay from Israel: Visits to two shiva homes, including that of Ben Zussman, reveal the fabric of the Jewish people. When we blend together as one nation, we...
Frozen in time
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTANov 23, 2023
A pocket watch, frozen in time when the Titanic sank, sold at auction Nov. 18 for £83,000 ($101,600).
Unity of mind, and action, sweeps across Israel
Chaim GoldbergNov 09, 2023
Israel is experiencing an unprecedented, overwhelming force of unity. What does it look like? For starters, this is not a unity of words and platitudes. This time,...
Memorializing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
JTAOct 19, 2023
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy transformed US labor law and the building that housed the factory, now a New York University science building, was designated a...
Etrog — the wandering fruit
JTAOct 05, 2023
Together with Warren Klein, the curator of the Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El, and Sharon Liberman Mintz, Josh Teplitsky’s probing into the history, use,...
Letter from Jerusalem — Divine peace
Hillel GoldbergOct 05, 2023
I have never seen nor even imagined a party like this. Hundreds of people were there; actually, thousands; truth to tell, tens of thousands of people were at this party....
Jewish children’s author recalls Sukkot, Iraqi-style
JNSSep 28, 2023
Growing up in Sydney, Sarah Sassoon, 42, had a very different experience from the canvas or wooden sukkah. The sukkahs that her Iraqi-born father made were composed...
IV therapy — from Instagram to pre-Yom Kippur hydration hack
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTASep 21, 2023
The rise of non-medical IV treatments, a trend in so-called “wellness” culture that celebrities including Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber have popularized, has been...
