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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
The Cautious Optimism of Waiting for a Ceasefire

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

A Special Sukkot Gathering To Mourn October 7

What Does It Feel Like to Be a Jewish Parent in a Post-October 7 World?

These Are the October 7 Stories I Can’t Stop Thinking About

 
  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
His son is due to be released from Gaza imminently. Ilan Dalal is grateful — and not just to Trump.

How Abe Kugielsky’s photos of Hasidic Brooklyn ended up on display in Grand Central Terminal

‘Dialogue’ isn’t enough to fix what ails campuses. Jewish students like us need more.

Witkoff weeps and Netanyahu is booed as Israelis rally for hostages, they hope for the last time

Sarah Hurwitz wants Jews to stop apologizing and start learning

  NYT > World > Middle East
Israelis Wait in Hostages Square for the Captives’ Release

What Is the Red Cross’s Role in Israel-Hamas Exchanges?

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Why Now? The Lost Chances to Reach a Hostage Deal, and a Cease-Fire, Months Ago

Israel and Hamas Were Not Ready for a Comprehensive Peace Deal, Mediator Says

  The Forward
His son is due to be released from Gaza imminently. Ilan Dalal is grateful — and not just to Trump.

How Abe Kugielsky’s photos of Hasidic Brooklyn ended up on display in Grand Central Terminal

As Israelis rally for hostages — for the last time, they hope — Trump’s name is cheered and Netanyahu’s is booed

Jewish man attacked in Montana by self-proclaimed Nazi on Oct. 7

US Jews who revile Trump’s domestic policies say he must be praised for Gaza deal

 
       
     
  Aish.com
The Hostages Are Home and We Can Finally Dance Again

The Ceasefire and Return of the Hostages

Soul on Fire: The Life and Legacy of Elie Wiesel

Ugly Lies, Deadly Consequences: How Falsehoods Fuel Antisemitism

The Check Up: Sukkot

 
  Jew or Not Jew
Isaac Satanow

Amrita Sher-Gil

Yehuda Bacon

Benny Blanco

Mia Sara

 
  My Jewish Learning
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My Grandma’s Romanian Eggplant Salad Recipe 

The Bitter Jewish History of Eggplant

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  Washington Jewish Week
Daniel Davidson

SHIN-DC Honors Rabbi Haim Louk With Selihot and Holiday Concert

Marcia Gruss Levinsohn

Opinion: 4 Ways to Combat Antisemitism in the Post-Oct. 7 World

Malcolm Pritzker

 
  Washington Jewish Week
Daniel Davidson

SHIN-DC Honors Rabbi Haim Louk With Selihot and Holiday Concert

Marcia Gruss Levinsohn

Opinion: 4 Ways to Combat Antisemitism in the Post-Oct. 7 World

Malcolm Pritzker

 
  My Jewish Learning
Zevachim 29

Zevachim 28

My Grandma’s Romanian Eggplant Salad Recipe 

The Bitter Jewish History of Eggplant

Zevachim 27

 
           
           
         

           
           

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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