The Unsung Heroes Who Make No Noise
David Suissa
December 25, 2025
Choosing the stories that move us, whether in our own little circles or in the real world, defines our lives.
Chai Lifeline Delivers Gifts for Chanukah Angels Program
Kylie Ora Lobell
December 28, 2025
The Right Slouching Toward Wrong
Thane Rosenbaum
December 28, 2025
Hadar’s New “Book of Shemot” Makes Torah Accessible to Young Children
Deborah Barer
December 26, 2025
Antizionism is Anti-America, Anti-World and Anti-Truth
David Suissa
December 26, 2025
Your Essential Guide to New Zealand: Know Before You Go.
Delia duPlessis
December 25, 2025
Final Approach – A poem for Parsha Vayigash
Rick Lupert
December 25, 2025
The Unsung Heroes Who Make No Noise
David Suissa
December 25, 2025
A Moment in Time: “The First Time I Understood ‘Merry Christmas’”
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
December 24, 2025
Trump’s Dream
Gershon Hepner
December 24, 2025
What the Media Won’t Tell Us: Bari Weiss Made Valuable Suggestions on ‘Sixty Minutes’ Segment
David Suissa
December 23, 2025
A Bisl Torah — Extinguished Light
Rabbi Nicole Guzik
December 22, 2025
The Mystery Guest Who Delivered Faith and Light to My Home
Judy Gruen
December 22, 2025
The ‘Brain Virus’ on Full Display: Why Tucker Carlson Is Wrong About Qatar and Israel
Dr. Ariel Admoni and Avraham Russell Shalev
December 21, 2025
The Multicultural Failure of Islam
Thane Rosenbaum
December 21, 2025
Without Hanukkah, There Would Be No Christmas
Leslie S. Lebl and Tali Gillette
December 21, 2025
Columnists
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Kylie Ora Lobell
Editor's Note
Trump Pressuring Iran Is Far More Important than “Taking Over” Gaza
David Suissa
The Gaza bombshell is one of those fantasies that will hijack many news cycles but will be lucky to get to first base. Trump’s order
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PODCASTSJJ Podcast Network
JJ Books
From Oblivion to Revelation: The Return of Paradise Cove
Rabbi Pini Dunner
A Prophet among the Rhinos
Kathleen Hayes
Getting Hannah Senesh the Respect She Deserves
Alan Zeitlin
JJ Bloggers
A Moment in Time: “Chanukah: One Light Connecting the Entire World”
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
Holding the Light
Lisa Ellen Niver
A Moment in Time: “The Holiness of a Stop Sign”
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
BRAVE-ish at DEMA Orlando 2025
Lisa Ellen Niver
Chosen Links by Boaz – Ep 14 The Abraham Accords: How it Started and What Lies Ahead
Boaz Hepner
Boaz Hepner coordinated with Yaara Segal for over half a year to gather a multicultural group of experts on the Abraham Accords.
CULTURECulture
Film
Music
Distant Cousins Releases Hanukkah Song, ‘8 Lights’
Alan Zeitlin
The band is known for soulful harmonies and infectiously catchy, pop-folk songs.
Music
‘I Was Terrified to Speak’: How Maskit Mati Found Her Voice Amid Rising Antisemitism in Australia
Ayala Or-El
Mati was born in Australia to Israeli parents. She said that she started feeling the rise in antisemitism in recent years.
L.A. Stories
Sounds of Summer at the Hollywood Bowl
Lisa Ellen Niver
Meet Jennifer Lang and Lisa Niver at Zibby’s Bookshop March 26, 2025
Lisa Ellen Niver
Hollywood
FOODFood Stories
Monty Pickle and Halle Stanford: Jewish Joy, Entertainment and Pickle Latkes
- Debra L. Eckerling
Salty Tears and Crispy Potato Kubbah
- Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Cookies for Hanukkah
- Debra L. Eckerling
Duff Goldman: Duff’s Deli, Holiday Baking and Russian Tea Cakes
- Debra L. Eckerling
Of Doughnuts and Dreidels
- Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
The Donuts Are Coming!
- Debra L. Eckerling
Table For Five
Table for Five: Miketz
December 17, 2025
Table for Five: Vayeshev
December 10, 2025
Table for Five: Vayishlach
December 4, 2025
A Bisl Torah
A Bisl Torah — Choice within Fear
December 19, 2025
A Bisl Torah — A Rededication
December 11, 2025
A Bisl Torah — A Candlelit, Soulful Search
December 5, 2025
POETRYPoetry
Final Approach – A poem for Parsha Vayigash
December 25, 2025
We’re approaching something but I don’t know what.
Movers & Shakers
Summer Lovin… in Croatia and Beyond
Delia duPlessis
Jewish Chemists Who Changed the World
Jared Sichel
The Jewish Drug Dealers Who Are Saving Lives
Jared Sichel
Sephardic Spice Girls
A Moroccan Journey — My Father’s Life
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Light Heavenly Challah and a White Chocolate Babka
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Citrus Blossoms: An Orange Olive Oil Cake
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Comforts of Home
What I Learned as a Designer on a TV Home Makeover Show
Jonathan Fong
Branching Out for Hanukkah
Jonathan Fong
How to Make a Tzedakah Box from an Old Album Cover
Jonathan Fong
POEMSPoems
Angels are on the Way – A poem for Parsha Vayishlach
- Rick Lupert
When Distance Is Remote
- Gershon Hepner
Comings and Goings – A poem for Parsha Vayetzei
- Rick Lupert
Celebration of Thanksgiving by Observant Jews
- Gershon Hepner
Generations – A poem for Parsha Toldot
- Rick Lupert
Yiddish Sweetness of Sid Caesar
- Gershon Hepner
PRINT ISSUESPRINT
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