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Two chambers in the heart

To witness the spirit and emotion of an entire, tight-knit community enveloping this nuclear family with palpable support and love . . . these and so many other sacred,...

Lowest of the low — got lower

It is often a good thing in life to be humbled. And boy, have I been humbled. I wish it weren’t so. Not out of pride, but because my forced […]

Who gets the right of way?

It has been said of Israel that it is a nation of ordinary people able to do extraordinary things, of regular folks achieving remarkable results. This has never been...

War in Ramadan — double standard

A double-standard is the usual standard applied to Israel in its relations with hostile Arab nations — the latest example of which is international pressure to suspend...

Coffee’s on me

Reading continues to be my mental escape five months into the war that began Oct. 7. Amid a plethora of psychological thrillers, I’m re-reading many childhood...

Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah . . . and Haman

What if this whole Hamas nightmare is calculated and premeditated by Iran, placed as a mere appetizer, a preliminary, a dress rehearsal of sorts, to the main course, the...

Shai Graucher with the brother and father of Agam Berger, who was taken hostage on Oct. 7. Graucher organized a Bar Mitzvah celebration for Agam’s brother at the Kotel. (Courtesy)

Hearts feel hearts — Standing Together

Shai Graucher is an indefatigable chesed machine who, in the wake of Oct. 7, founded Standing Together, an organization that has provided support at a level surpassed...

Right here, right now

“Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b’Simcha, with the onset of Adar comes in, joy surges” — such is the usual motif for the Jewish month of Adar, in which the often...

Nosh by Micah Siva

Time travel

One probably wouldn’t expect a book called Nosh to be a compilation of “Plant-Forward Recipes,” as the subhead begins. But there’s no false advertising here. The...

Seeing the light

The trip was one-part anniversary present, one-part dream travel destination come true, but most of all, it was a long, longed-for spiritual re-connection with my father...