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On any given day there are many things that you really look forward to doing, but there are always a few things on your to do list that you dread.  Usually those dreaded chores are on your list all week long.  Initially, this dvar Torah started on the looking forward to list but eventually got pushed back day by day to the day before panic list. It’s easy to remember the things that you wanted to avoid.  I still remember as a child being in bed watching the clock and hoping my parents would not come to my room and say wake up it’s time to go to Sunday school.  As an adult, an avoidance item was going to Shabbat services, however, through intense personal growth and a significant amount of shame, I feel blessed to have found meaning in Judasim and I feel blessed ........READ MORE.

 
 
     
   
   

           
 
   
           
     
           
       
  Jewish World Watch
Newsweek: America Is Buying Chinese Goods—and Supporting China’s Genocide | Opinion

The Humanity of it All: JWW Statement on the Israel-Hamas War 

Tying Together Our Past, Present, and Our Future

3 Years and Just Getting Started

Elie Wiesel Foundation Awards Grant to Nonprofit Trio to “Restore the Rights and Dignity of the Uyghur Population”

  Kveller
These Videos of the Returned Living Israeli Hostages Mean the World

‘Torn’ Is a Nuanced Documentary About the Israeli Hostage Posters in NYC

The Israeli Protest Song That Became the Anthem for Hostages

The Cautious Optimism of Waiting for a Ceasefire

Hostage Families Celebrate the Ceasefire Deal That Will Bring Their Loved Ones Home

 
  American Jewish World Service – AJWS
Kenya’s Indigenous Women’s Council celebrates its first decade

From Despair to Dignity: Supporting Migrant and Refugee Sex Workers in Uganda

Stories of Hope: September 2025

The Origins of AJWS: Reflecting on 40 years of Human Rights Activism

A place to breathe again: How an AJWS partner in Kenya restores hope to young mothers

           
     
  Jewish Telegraphic Agency
War battered their Berlin hummus bar. But the Israeli-Palestinian partners behind Kanaan see a way forward.

3 more hostages’ remains returned as Hamas reasserts control in Gaza, potentially threatening truce

How NYC mayoral candidates reacted to the release of the Israeli hostages, from Gematria to Gaza

With hostages home, the filmmaker behind ‘Torn’ says his documentary about NYC’s poster wars remains sadly relevant

Meet the 83-year-old Jewish activist who stars in Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ads

  NYT > World > Middle East
Hamas Says It Has Returned All Hostage Remains It Can Recover

With Truce in Place, Hamas Pursues Bloody Crackdown on Rivals in Gaza

Israel Begins Burying Its Dead Hostages

Syria’s New Leaders Are Talking to Russia, a Former Enemy

Inside Iran’s Museum of American Espionage

  The Forward
War strained the Israel-Vatican bond. Will the pope use the ceasefire to heal those wounds?

‘It never goes away’: A former hostage describes the paradox of freedom for Israelis who returned home from Gaza

War battered their Berlin hummus bar. But the Israeli-Palestinian partners behind Kanaan see a way forward.

Why is everyone laughing at Anne Frank?

How a complete unknown created one of the most iconic music events of the 1970’s

 
       
     
  Aish.com
The Jewish Nation: Shattered Yet Unbreakable

When Jews Were Murdered by Their Polish Neighbors After the Holocaust

Do Parents Always Need to be On the Same Page?

The Check Up

Lessons from the Return of the Hostages

 
  Jew or Not Jew
Asa Germann

Isaac Satanow

Amrita Sher-Gil

Yehuda Bacon

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  My Jewish Learning
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10 Jewish Sheet Pan Dinners That Make Clean Up a Breeze

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  Washington Jewish Week
Kemp Mill’s Rabbi Dr. Sanford H. Shudnow Dedicates Life to Service

Germantown’s Sam Taylor Finds Judaism And Himself

Editorial: Online Moderation Is Not Censorship

Editorial: Jewish Philanthropy in the Post-Oct. 7 Era

Rabbi Daniel Novick to Return to GW Hillel as Executive Director

 
  Washington Jewish Week
Kemp Mill’s Rabbi Dr. Sanford H. Shudnow Dedicates Life to Service

Germantown’s Sam Taylor Finds Judaism And Himself

Editorial: Online Moderation Is Not Censorship

Editorial: Jewish Philanthropy in the Post-Oct. 7 Era

Rabbi Daniel Novick to Return to GW Hillel as Executive Director

 
  My Jewish Learning
Zevachim 31

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10 Jewish Sheet Pan Dinners That Make Clean Up a Breeze

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