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A Poem for Shavuot: Avraham Shlonsky’s “From Impasse to Repair”
May 21, 2026

A Poem for Shavuot: Avraham Shlonsky’s “From Impasse to Repair”

How Do We Talk About Israel in 2026?
May 14, 2026

How Do We Talk About Israel in 2026?

Lag Ba’Omer: A Fiery Celebration
May 14, 2026

Lag Ba’Omer: A Fiery Celebration

Israel at a Moral Low Point – and Silence Is No Less Dangerous Than Violence
May 14, 2026

Israel at a Moral Low Point – and Silence Is No Less Dangerous Than Violence

United States vs. Southern Poverty Law Center: How this case could impact Jewish advocacy organizations
May 13, 2026

United States vs. Southern Poverty Law Center: How this case could impact Jewish advocacy organizations

The Return: The 19th Century and the Remaking of America
May 13, 2026

The Return: The 19th Century and the Remaking of America

Inclusion Is Not Enough: It Is Time for Pluralism with a Backbone
May 12, 2026

Inclusion Is Not Enough: It Is Time for Pluralism with a Backbone

Understanding Jewish Cinema: Research Symposium in Michigan, USA
May 12, 2026

Understanding Jewish Cinema: Research Symposium in Michigan, USA

Women of Reform Judaism’s (WRJ) Rabbi David Ellenson 51 Faculty Award
May 6, 2026

Women of Reform Judaism’s (WRJ) Rabbi David Ellenson 51 Faculty Award

The Coming Jewish Institutional Wars
May 6, 2026

The Coming Jewish Institutional Wars

When Building Anew: Remaking Jewish Institutions
May 4, 2026

When Building Anew: Remaking Jewish Institutions

Hulu’s ‘The Faithful’ Reimagines the Biblical Matriarchs
May 1, 2026

Hulu’s ‘The Faithful’ Reimagines the Biblical Matriarchs

Hate in America: Unpacking the Roots of Antisemitism
April 27, 2026

Hate in America: Unpacking the Roots of Antisemitism

We can always return to Bint Jbeil: Give the arrangement a chance
April 24, 2026

We can always return to Bint Jbeil: Give the arrangement a chance

The Roadmap: Community Relations in a New American Era
April 13, 2026

The Roadmap: Community Relations in a New American Era

From character to calling: Finding future rabbis before they find themselves
April 13, 2026

From character to calling: Finding future rabbis before they find themselves

Passover in Chaotic Times
March 31, 2026

Passover in Chaotic Times

Building Forward: Reframing the American Political Story
March 30, 2026

Building Forward: Reframing the American Political Story

Let Miriam’s Cup Overflow at this year’s Seder!
March 26, 2026

Let Miriam’s Cup Overflow at this year’s Seder!

75th Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Winners
March 25, 2026

75th Nation­al Jew­ish Book Award Winners

Back in History: The Remaking of the American Jewish Experience
March 24, 2026

Back in History: The Remaking of the American Jewish Experience

The Endangered Jewish Languages!
March 16, 2026

The Endangered Jewish Languages!

The shifting religious landscape and its implications for American liberal Judaism
March 16, 2026

The shifting religious landscape and its implications for American liberal Judaism

A New Day in America
March 11, 2026

A New Day in America

Purim’s Two Heroines and the Politics of Moral Choice
March 10, 2026

Purim’s Two Heroines and the Politics of Moral Choice

A Conversation on Tamara Cohn Eskenazi’s Ezra: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible 14A
March 3, 2026

A Conversation on Tamara Cohn Eskenazi’s Ezra: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible 14A

Europe has forgotten: Small threats are growing and a policy of reconciliation is turning into capitulation
March 3, 2026

Europe has forgotten: Small threats are growing and a policy of reconciliation is turning into capitulation

A Conversation on Tamara Cohn Eskenazi’s Ezra: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible 14A
March 3, 2026

A Conversation on Tamara Cohn Eskenazi’s Ezra: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible 14A

“The Golem as Theology: The Mutable Myth Confronting the Problem of Evil,” in the CCAR Journal, The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter, 2026
March 3, 2026

“The Golem as Theology: The Mutable Myth Confronting the Problem of Evil,” in the CCAR Journal, The Reform Jewish Quarterly, Winter, 2026

Authority Without Apology
February 24, 2026

Authority Without Apology

Who Are We Becoming and Why? Our Changing Identities as Jews
February 23, 2026

Who Are We Becoming and Why? Our Changing Identities as Jews

Digital Curriculum Module: Jewish Culture around the World
February 19, 2026

Digital Curriculum Module: Jewish Culture around the World

Rethinking Rabbinical Education for a New Era
February 14, 2026

Rethinking Rabbinical Education for a New Era

From 1776 to Jerusalem: Zion and the American Story
February 6, 2026

From 1776 to Jerusalem: Zion and the American Story

Shabbat Is Core to Jewish Identity—Even for the Secular
February 3, 2026

Shabbat Is Core to Jewish Identity—Even for the Secular

51 Mourns the Passing of Rabbi Martin A. Cohen, Ph.D., z”l
January 26, 2026

51 Mourns the Passing of Rabbi Martin A. Cohen, Ph.D., z”l

People of the Book: Dr. Gordon Dale Discusses the Man Behind Chasidic Music’s Post-WWII Rise
January 14, 2026

People of the Book: Dr. Gordon Dale Discusses the Man Behind Chasidic Music’s Post-WWII Rise

More parents are looking for a secure future for their children – Israel is losing its most important asset by Dean Nachman Shai
January 8, 2026

More parents are looking for a secure future for their children – Israel is losing its most important asset by Dean Nachman Shai

Cantor Robert Paul Abelson’s, z”l, Poetry on Life, Love, and Faith
January 6, 2026

Cantor Robert Paul Abelson’s, z”l, Poetry on Life, Love, and Faith

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. explores, “2026 Synopsis: The State of Religion in America”
January 6, 2026

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. explores, “2026 Synopsis: The State of Religion in America”

51 Faculty A.J. Berkovitz, Ph.D., Reflects on The Scroll of Antiochus, The Almost Biblical Book of Hanukkah
December 19, 2025

51 Faculty A.J. Berkovitz, Ph.D., Reflects on The Scroll of Antiochus, The Almost Biblical Book of Hanukkah

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. Contributes Essay, In the Aftermath of Terror: The American Jewish Story, Post October 7, to USC’s 23rd Casden Annual, A Shattered World, Jews and Israel After October 7th
December 17, 2025

Steven Windmueller, Ph.D. Contributes Essay, In the Aftermath of Terror: The American Jewish Story, Post October 7, to USC’s 23rd Casden Annual, A Shattered World, Jews and Israel After October 7th

Kristine Garroway, Ph.D. Joins Larry Mantle on AirTalk (NPR), Sharing Insights About Hanukkah Traditions and Meaning
December 17, 2025

Kristine Garroway, Ph.D. Joins Larry Mantle on AirTalk (NPR), Sharing Insights About Hanukkah Traditions and Meaning

“A Life in Music: Ben Zion Shenker and Hasidic Song in America” by Gordon Dale, Ph.D., Dr. Jack Gottlieb Scholar in Jewish Music Studies; Associate Professor of Jewish Musicology
December 17, 2025

“A Life in Music: Ben Zion Shenker and Hasidic Song in America” by Gordon Dale, Ph.D., Dr. Jack Gottlieb Scholar in Jewish Music Studies; Associate Professor of Jewish Musicology

“A spiritual revolution in a torn Israel: The women rabbis rebuilding the connection to Jewish identity,” by Nachman Shai, Ph.D., Rabbi David Ellenson Dean, Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem
December 11, 2025

“A spiritual revolution in a torn Israel: The women rabbis rebuilding the connection to Jewish identity,” by Nachman Shai, Ph.D., Rabbi David Ellenson Dean, Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem

150th Anniversary Edition People of the Book: Richard Sarason on Jacob Mann’s Cairo Genizah Work
December 10, 2025

150th Anniversary Edition People of the Book: Richard Sarason on Jacob Mann’s Cairo Genizah Work

Score Card: The Jewish Institutional Wars and What They Represent
December 4, 2025

Score Card: The Jewish Institutional Wars and What They Represent

Judah M. Cohen, “The Musical Performance of American Jewish Heritage,” in Shari Rabin and Michael R. Cohen, eds. *The Oxford Handbook of American Jewish History* (New York: Oxford University Press, 2025), 455-468.
December 3, 2025

Judah M. Cohen, “The Musical Performance of American Jewish Heritage,” in Shari Rabin and Michael R. Cohen, eds. *The Oxford Handbook of American Jewish History* (New York: Oxford University Press, 2025), 455-468.

Rebuilding the bridge between Israel and the Jewish world
November 26, 2025

The New Organizing Models: Implications for the Jewish Communal Order
November 20, 2025

Are We or Are We Not Experiencing a Religious Revival?
November 17, 2025

Jimena
November 17, 2025

“What Israel can do to combat growing isolation after two years of war in Gaza,” by Nachman Shai, Ph.D., Rabbi David Ellenson Dean, Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem
November 17, 2025

“What Israel can do to combat growing isolation after two years of war in Gaza,” by Nachman Shai, Ph.D., Rabbi David Ellenson Dean, Taube Family Campus in Jerusalem

Hermeneutics of Place: Jewish–Palestinian Teacher Discourse in a Jerusalem Professional Development Program
November 17, 2025

Talking with Students in Middle Childhood about the News from Israel and Gaza (published in HaYidion)
November 6, 2025

Book Chapter Title: “A lot of horrible things have happened”: Jewish Children’s Beliefs about October 7 and Its Aftermath
October 21, 2025

Kan English -The emotional and spiritual power of Yom Kippur
October 10, 2025

Kan English – In fragile times, Sukkot and reflections on what makes a home
October 10, 2025

There’s a biblical precedent for the rifts opened by Oct. 7 — it should alarm us all
October 7, 2025

Why Israel is winning on the battlefield but losing the global narrative war – opinion
October 6, 2025

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