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A charity box outside a shop built into the wall in the city of Safed in northern Israel, March 25, 2011. Photo by Sophie Gordon/Flash90.
Day 613 and the hostages
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi of Great Britain, has suggested that Jews take on an extra mitzvah in the merit of the hostages.
Faygie Holt
June 10, 2025
The Israeli flag is screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on Nov. 7, 2023, exactly one month after the murderous attacks on southern Israel perpetrated by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Time to recalibrate the Jewish communal mission
The great miscalculation to focus on liberal causes and factions, must now give way to the a great recalibration focused on Jewish pride and identity.
Daniel Rosen
May 4, 2025
Financial donations. Credit: Heather Paque/Pixabay.
Putting tzedakah back into Jewish philanthropy
If you are somebody who correctly feels a sense of honor and duty when you engage in tzedakah, ask yourself: “Is my money being used for good?”
Jake Donnelly
Dec. 31, 2024
Community. Credit: Franz26/Pixabay.
Living with purpose: Lessons from the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Seemingly small, everyday acts of spirituality, kindness and connection are what truly give life meaning.
Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson
July 12, 2024
Rabbi Hillel Zaltzman. Credit: Chabad.org/Jewish TV.
A book on faith, Judaism and defying Soviet rule
Chabadniks literally risked torture, exile and death to hide other religious Jews on the run and to secretly teach Torah to Jewish youth.
Phyllis Chesler
March 26, 2024
Giving U.S. dollars. Credit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay.
Jews who experience antisemitism give to charity at higher levels
A new report, “American Jewish Philanthropy 2022: Giving to Religious and Secular Causes in the U.S. and to Israel,” show multiple trends impacting Jewish families’ gifts to nonprofit groups.
Feb. 22, 2024
Medical professionals at work. Credit: Dmitriy Kandinskiy/Shutterstock.
A kidney transplant changed my mind about Orthodox Jews
I am eternally grateful to the Jews who provided me with comfort and nurturing while my husband underwent his transplant.
Meryl Ain
April 20, 2023
Leket Israel volunteers rescue produce in Moshav Gan Haim, near Kfar Saba. Photo by Amir Yakoby.
Voluntourism: When giving becomes part of the fun
Israel has giveback opportunities for families and groups.
Judith Segaloff
March 30, 2023
Image from the broadside of Robin Hood and Maid Marion. before 1700. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Robin Hood got it half right
Maimonides was way ahead of his time; he knew the power of tzedakah and the importance of Jews caring for each other.
Steve Rosenberg
March 19, 2023