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An American perspective: Why Yom Kippur still brings Jews together, even without belief - opinion

We are made viscerally aware of the value of time, of a moment, of a day. And so it is with Yom Kippur, the Day.

|ByPETER HIMMELMAN
People form a circle and walk on the empty streets in Tel Aviv, on the eve of Yom Kippur, September 24, 2023
Jews praying for forgiveness (selichot), at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on the eve of Yom Kippur, October 1, 2025

Yom Kippur 2026: The Jewish people are chosen - but not because they are better - opinion

As we recite Ata Behartanu many times during the High Holy Days, let us remember that we were chosen out of God’s love, not because of our own special characteristics.

|ByDAVID GOLINKIN
People attend a Holy Mass for the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who will become the first millennial to be made a Catholic saint, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 7, 2025

Jewish woman elected president of Catholic Biblical Association of America - interview

She is also the first Jewish scholar to teach the New Testament at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome in 2019.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
It takes courage to reject someone who has demonstrated extraordinary gifts.

Parashat Re'eh: The tyranny of ‘one’ truth

An age of prophecy should have been an age of clarity. If God spoke directly to humanity, the path forward ought to have been unmistakable.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN

Parashat Re'eh: The choice to choose

Even those who observe Jewish tradition have areas of choice that they have already conquered, while their struggles lie elsewhere, each person according to their own level and circumstances.

AUGUST 7, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
A person is obligated to identify where their own 'point of choice' lies.

At Israel's biggest Bible study gathering, thousands turn to Tanakh for answers on politics

The event, founded initially 33 years ago by Rabbi Yoel Bin-Nun as a summer professional development program for teachers, has grown into a major annual gathering that is open to the public.

JULY 24, 2026ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Taking in a Tanach lecture, Alon Shvut.

What Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' can teach Jewish readers about Homer and the Bible- opinion

It’s not that the Jewish tradition doesn’t understand realpolitik. Abraham is a great warrior as well as a man of God. They understand it. But the starting point is trust.

JULY 15, 2026ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Matt Damon plays Odysseus in Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of Homer's "Odyssey."