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Selflessness: A Jewish perspective
By Gerald Platt
The definition of selflessness means recognizing that we are part of something bigger than ourselves.
Rona Kaufman
OpinionThe apartheid libel has no place in Pittsburgh’s shops
By Rona Kaufman
Stronger than hate t-shirts and memorabilia. (Photo by David Rullo)
November 5, 2026, 9:00 pm
The apartheid libel has no place in Pittsburgh’s shops
"If you own a business and canvassers ask you to sign, please say no, and tell them why. If you are a customer, thank the shops that refuse, and spend your money there."
By Rona Kaufman
November 4, 2026, 9:39 am
Selflessness: A Jewish perspective
The definition of selflessness means recognizing that we are part of something bigger than ourselves.
By Gerald Platt
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at Crossroads Arena on Oct. 26, 2026, in Corinth, Mississippi. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
November 4, 2026, 9:08 am
6 Jewish takeaways from the midterm elections
What the Democratic landslide means for Trump, Netanyahu, Jeffries, Schumer – and Jewish presidential contenders.
By Ami Eden
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 29, 2026, 3:40 pm
Why my antizionism didn’t survive a Houthi missile
I spent two years protesting Israel without ever speaking to an Israeli. Then I went there
By Taryn Thomas
(Photo by Jonathan Cutrer, flickr.com)
October 28, 2026, 10:28 am
‘Do not let my world grow old around me’
“Cast us not away in old age; when strength ebbs forget us not.”
By Rabbi Stephen Steindel
Navi Pillay, then-U.N. high commissioner for human rights, addresses the ninth session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, September 2008. (Credit: Jean-Marc Ferré/U.N. Photo)
October 28, 2026, 10:23 am
My relative defined ‘genocide.’
Honoring him means scrutinizing Navi Pillay’s Israel findings.
By Joseph Lemkin
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem (Photo by Nikodem Nijaki / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0)
October 20, 2026, 3:12 pm
Burial wishes belong in Jewish family planning
For families considering burial in Israel, advance planning becomes particularly important.
By Mordechai Ovadia
Loris Malaguzzi Centre. (Photo by PhotoVim, Wikimedia Commons)
October 14, 2026, 10:22 am
A journey interrupted, a commitment to learning
Last week, I learned that the trip, organized for about 100 Jewish early childhood educators from the United States and Israel, had been canceled.
By Katie Riggs
A protester holds a Pro-Palestinian protesters overwhelm the area of New York City's Union Square where an Israeli peace group planned to hold an Oct. 7 vigil on Oct. 7, 2026. (Joe Strauss/JTA)
October 14, 2026, 10:13 am
What I found at the NYC protest on Oct. 7: No room for Jewish grief
What I saw was a form of political expression that had become indistinguishable from hatred.
By Aaron Greenberg
Barbie Holiday Sweater Doll (Mattel)
October 9, 2026, 12:32 pm
Hanukkah Barbie is here — and she actually got the Jewish holiday right
There’s something pretty powerful about finally feeling seen.
By Yael Buechler
Passengers from flydubai flight FZ1073 walk with their family members through the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion International Airport on Sept. 30, 2026. (Flash90)
October 7, 2026, 9:45 am
Flydubai Flight FZ1073 and the indomitability of the Jews
We are the people who, for nearly 2,000 years, never forfeited our hope of returning to our ancestral homeland.
By Michael Oren
A flydubai Boeing 737-800. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
October 7, 2026, 9:42 am
For a few terrifying minutes, Israelis were heroes again
Israeli passengers helped overpower the attacker and restrain him, while pilots traveling as passengers assisted in getting the aircraft safely onto the ground.
By Dan Perry
(Photo Source: ChatGPT for illustrative purposes, via The Times of Israel)
October 1, 2026, 2:22 pm
The plight of American Jewish activism
"[I]nstitutions are tools, not sacred objects, and respecting what previous generations built cannot mean placing it beyond examination when the world around us has changed."
By Shlomi Bennett
A flydubai Boeing 737-800. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
September 30, 2026, 3:25 pm
Unprecedented: Extraordinary heroism and near-miraculous circumstances avert an airplane catastrophe
There appears to be no prior instance of passengers thwarting a pilot’s attempt to crash a commercial airliner
By David Horovitz
(Photo by Jacob Wackerhausen, iStock)
September 30, 2026, 9:20 am
I have kept this secret for 25 years
In 2001, a movie scene prompted me to start a journal for my 1-year-old.
By Romi Sussman
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