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Purim and Persia
From Children’s Costumes to an Ancient Warning That Echoes Today Today, Purim is most visible as a joyful, almost carnival-like holiday, especially for ...
February 2026
Game Day or Any Day: Chili That Warms You Up
By Tamar Rothenberg, MS, RDN; Author, Cancer Diet for the Newly Diagnosed Winter meal prep just got a little easier with this Game ...
February 2026
Sarah Sassoon Reclaims the Lost Voices of Iraqi Jewry
The Jerusalem-based, Australian-born writer on reclaiming Mizrahi memory, resilience and hope By Steve Linde, JNS.org Sarah Sassoon grew up surrounded by the food, ...
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The Quiet Power of Joy
Nathaniel Allenby, Legacy, and the Cycle That Connects Us All When General Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem in 1917, he chose to walk. As ...
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San Diegans Bear Witness to October 7 Survivors
By Donna Pinto & Tamar Siegel At a time when historical truth is too often challenged or blurred, bearing witness to lived experience ...
February 2026
Looking for Great Music by a Jewish Composer for a Purim Spiel? Maybe Try Kurt Weill
By Judy Buchman-Ziv For some 10 years, I wrote, directed and produced (such is synagogue life) with some help from my fellow-congregants and ...
February 2026
A Love Story in Full Voice
By Franklin Felber and Diana Lerner For 40 years, Albert Kadosch and his wife, Patricia, were a beacon—a love story and an inspiration—for ...
February 2026
Mazel and Mishagoss: Everything is a Simcha if You Squint Hard Enough!
By Stephanie Gittleman My non-Jewish neighbor recently remarked that Jews turn any little thing into a cause for celebration … and a catered ...
February 2026
Prayers and Passages: The Gift of Shabbat
By Rabbi-Cantor Cheri Weiss And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy—having ceased on it from all the work of creation ...
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Humble Design: An Unexpected Journey of Empathy and Impact
Treger Strasberg embodies Tikun Olam. Her mission: helping individuals and families transitioning out of homelessness by fully furnishing their new living spaces. Tiny ...








