‘Heritage Words’ Add Texture and Meaning to the Sukkah Experience
When you invite your ancestors into your sukkah, consider bringing their Jewish languages in, too, writes Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor.
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Jewish languages, like ancestors, bring tradition into the sukkah. (Illustration by Grace Yagel, provided by JTA)
When you invite your ancestors into your sukkah, consider bringing their Jewish languages in, too, writes Dr. Sarah Bunin Benor.
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Bad Bunny, who was born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, was the host of the most recent "Saturday Night Live."
The Puerto Rican rapper’s scheduled appearance at the Super Bowl brings out the Trump administration’s bullying streak, writes Michael Olesker.
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At a rally in Northwest Washington, D.C., attendees wave Israeli flags during a speaker's call for support for the Jewish state. (File photo by Robyn Stevens Brody)
On the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Lynne B. Kahn writes about how the tragedy changed her as a person and as a Jew.
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Congregants and members of the public are shown in the aftermath of the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images, via JTA)
In the wake of the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester, British Jewry must remain united and vigilant, writes Rabbi Miriam Lorie.
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Masked ICE agents are seen in the corridors of Lower Manhattan's immigration court in New York City on Sept. 8, 2025. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images, provided by JTA)
A local rabbi whose grandparents were murdered after denied asylum in the U.S. describes witnessing painful immigration hearings.
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Tom Lehrer sings and plays piano at the Hungry I Nightclub in San Francisco. (Ted Streshinsky/Corbis via Getty Images via JTA)
Michael Olesker pays tribute to the great Jewish satirist Tom Lehrer, who died this summer at the age of 97.
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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is shown speaking at a rally last October in midtown Manhattan's Bryant Park. (Bingjiefu He/Wikimedia Commons, provided by JTA)
Support for the New York mayoral candidate by Maryland elected officials is a dangerous development, writes Caren Leven of the Baltimore Zionist District.
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James Comey, former director of the FBI, is shown here in 2017. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images via JTA)
With the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey, Donald Trump’s “Tour of Retribution” marches on, writes Michael Olesker.
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Read MoreThe High Holidays demand an accounting of who we are, not what we own, writes Baltimore native Erin Beser.
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