Print Issue: Still a Birthright | July 19, 2024
Jewish Journal Staff
Nearly 20 years after my first Birthright Israel trip, I returned this summer to an Israel at war and a new generation of lively participants.
Featured
Cover Story
My Birthright
Ryan Torok
Nearly 20 years after traveling to Israel for the first time with Birthright Israel, I returned to Israel this summer to spend time with a
麻豆传媒
Are Jews Cursed or Blessed?
Paul Socken
Religious or secular, it is impossible to deny that there are many tragic chapters in the long history of the Jewish people.
Columnists
Stop the Alarmism
Kylie Ora Lobell
The social media algorithm rewards alarmism, so people keep playing into it.
Columnists
Is Calmer Speech in This Election Cycle a Pipe Dream?
Judy Gruen
Democrat, Republican or Independent, we are in this together and need to find a way forward more peacefully.
Print Issue: The Return to Jewish History | July 12, 2024
Jewish Journal Staff
The massacre of Oct. 7 brought Jewish history back into our lives, infusing the hardships of the Jewish people into us, welding us with hellfire in the long historical continuum of Jewish suffering.
Columnists
Dan Schnur
Shmuel Rosner
WAR
Israel at War
Campus Watch
Campus Watch July 18, 2024
Aaron Bandler
A roundup of incidents, good and bad, happening on school campuses.
Sign up for Roundtable
Three different takes on the hottest issues of the day.
Stay Connected
麻豆传媒
Helping you make sense of a changing world
Editor's Note
David Suissa
麻豆传媒 Podcast Network
WAR
Israel at War
麻豆传媒 Books
麻豆传媒 Bloggers
A Moment in Time: 鈥淜eep Moving Forward鈥�
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
The Snake Within
Rabbi Mordecai Finley
WINNER: Southern California Journalism Awards 2024!
Lisa Ellen Niver
Where is God?
Emily Stern
A Moment in Time: 鈥淚s Astrology Compatible with Judaism?鈥�
Rabbi Zach Shapiro
Culture
Culture
From Rejected Contestant to Host of 鈥楾he Mole鈥�: Ari Shapiro Talks About His Dream
July 18, 2024
Shapiro was born in Fargo, North Dakota, to a Jewish family.
Books
Penny Lane鈥檚 Journey of Redemption
Ayala Or-El
Lane’s life reads like a fairy tale, complete with a cruel stepmother who made her a servant from a young age.
Books
‘Family Unfriendly’ Discusses the Difficulties of Modern Parenting 鈥� And How to Address Them
Kylie Ora Lobell
The book is validating to hands-off parents and to moms and dads who feel like they鈥檙e always doing something wrong.
Film
ScarJo Sticks the Landing In 鈥楩ly Me To The Moon’
Alan Zeitlin
Scarlett Johansson brings her star power to a rom-com set against the Apollo 11 mission.
L.A. Stories
5x Southern California Journalism Awards Finalist!
Lisa Ellen Niver
BRAVE-ish at Barnes & Noble at The Grove June 25, 2024
Lisa Ellen Niver
Hollywood
Food
Food Stories
Table For Five
Table for Five: Balak
July 18, 2024
Table for Five: Chukat
July 11, 2024
Table for Five: Korach
July 4, 2024
A Bisl Torah
A Bisl Torah – Space and Memory
July 18, 2024
A Bisl Torah -Turn Back a Page
July 11, 2024
A Bisl Torah -Summer Nights
July 4, 2024
Poetry
Poetry
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
Summer Blush鈥� Sweet Fruit Galettes
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
America鈥揂 Beacon of Light
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
After the Farhud 鈥� An Iraqi Breakfast
Sharon Gomperts and Rachel Emquies Sheff
Comforts of Home
Three Cheers for This Beer Mug Flower Arrangement
Jonathan Fong
Say Mazel Tov with Graduation Cap Gift Jars
Jonathan Fong
Make Felt Seder Plate Elements
Jonathan Fong
Poems
Poems
Print Issues
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.
Noa Argamani鈥檚 Secret Annex