Issue

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"/category/family/", "name": "Family" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/yom-hazikoron/", "name": "Yom Hazikaron" } ] }, "title": "Defenders of the Jewish People: Remembering Israel’s Fallen Soldiers", "excerpt": "<p>Even while grieving, these mothers, fathers, siblings and wives take comfort in knowing their loved ones sacrificed their lives for a sacred cause: serving G-d and the Jewish people by defending the Jewish State.  </p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/israel/defenders-of-the-jewish-people-remembering-israels-fallen-soldiers/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733504804/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Defenders/Newsletter_Defenders.png?_i=AA 300w, 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"uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/life-ordeals/", "name": "Life Ordeals" }, { "uri": "/category/family/marriage/", "name": "Marriage" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/women/", "name": "Women" } ] }, "title": "The Ultimate Sacrifice: The Faith and Courage of IDF Widows", "excerpt": "<p>Balancing grief with the need to persevere, many of these widows say that faith and community have helped them through their darkest hours. </p>\n", "uri": "/jewish-world/israel/the-ultimate-sacrifice-the-faith-and-courage-of-idf-widows/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733505631/Jewishaction/Newsletter_IDFwidows/Newsletter_IDFwidows.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733505631/Jewishaction/Newsletter_IDFwidows/Newsletter_IDFwidows.png?_i=AA 1024w, 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What more can we do to welcome these newly awakened Jews into our community? In the symposium ahead, we feature responses from leading rabbis, rebbetzins and outreach professionals along with showcasing innovative programs in the world of outreach.</p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home-a-symposium/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_282,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734446585/Jewishaction/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8.png?_i=AA 282w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_962,h_1024,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734446585/Jewishaction/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8.png?_i=AA 962w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_817,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734446585/Jewishaction/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734446585/Jewishaction/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8.png?_i=AA 1092w", "sizes": "(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734446585/Jewishaction/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8/JA_Winter_Homes_door@4x-8.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/faith/", "name": "Faith" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-living/", "name": "Jewish Living" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-society/", "name": "Jewish Society" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "What Jews Really Want", "excerpt": "<p>To those who want to grow and change and flourish, let’s offer everything we can. To those in the market for yet another facile lifestyle affectation, let’s show them the door. </p>\n", "uri": "/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/what-jews-really-want/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507632/Jewishaction/Liel-Lebovitz/Liel-Lebovitz.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_684,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507632/Jewishaction/Liel-Lebovitz/Liel-Lebovitz.jpg?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_513,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507632/Jewishaction/Liel-Lebovitz/Liel-Lebovitz.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_1026,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507632/Jewishaction/Liel-Lebovitz/Liel-Lebovitz.jpg?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_1368,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507632/Jewishaction/Liel-Lebovitz/Liel-Lebovitz.jpg?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2560,h_1710,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507632/Jewishaction/Liel-Lebovitz/Liel-Lebovitz.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-society/", "name": "Jewish Society" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "Leave No Neshamah Behind", "excerpt": "<p>Every encounter we as Orthodox Jews have with someone who is not frum has the potential to plant a seed that may blossom down the line. </p>\n", "uri": "/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/leave-no-neshamah-behind/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_300,c_fill,g_auto/f_auto,q_auto/v1733507835/Jewishaction/Gevura-Davis/Gevura-Davis.jpg?_i=AA 300w, 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Shabbat", "excerpt": "<p>Shabbat is uniquely positioned to transform the Jewish world in four ways . . .</p>\n", "uri": "/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/ten-year-goal-to-save-am-yisrael-one-million-new-jewish-families-on-the-path-to-keeping-shabbat/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_200,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733508068/Jewishaction/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1.jpg?_i=AA 200w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_683,h_1024,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733508068/Jewishaction/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1.jpg?_i=AA 683w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_1152,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733508068/Jewishaction/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_1536,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733508068/Jewishaction/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1/Chief-Rabbi-Warren-Goldstein-1.jpg?_i=AA 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We will be saving one Jewish neshamah.”  </p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/getting-more-jewish-kids-into-jewish-schools/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733866737/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Schools/Newsletter_Schools.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733866737/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Schools/Newsletter_Schools.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733866737/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Schools/Newsletter_Schools.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733866737/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Schools/Newsletter_Schools.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1733866737/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Schools/Newsletter_Schools.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1733866737/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Schools/Newsletter_Schools.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/ou-programs/", "name": "OU Programs" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/travel/", "name": "Travel" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "It All Starts with a Mom", "excerpt": "<p>“What better way to show the moms what their teens experienced than by taking them on a similar trip?”</p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/it-all-starts-with-a-mom/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734025312/Jewishaction/Newsletter_TJJformoms/Newsletter_TJJformoms.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734025312/Jewishaction/Newsletter_TJJformoms/Newsletter_TJJformoms.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_373,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734025312/Jewishaction/Newsletter_TJJformoms/Newsletter_TJJformoms.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_746,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734025312/Jewishaction/Newsletter_TJJformoms/Newsletter_TJJformoms.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_994,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734025312/Jewishaction/Newsletter_TJJformoms/Newsletter_TJJformoms.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734025312/Jewishaction/Newsletter_TJJformoms/Newsletter_TJJformoms.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "Just Ahavas Yisrael", "excerpt": "<p>No judgment, just ahavas Yisrael. 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translation by Rabbi Eliyahu Krakowski.</p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/a-time-of-repentance/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026593/Jewishaction/Newsletter_sixday/Newsletter_sixday.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026593/Jewishaction/Newsletter_sixday/Newsletter_sixday.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_373,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026593/Jewishaction/Newsletter_sixday/Newsletter_sixday.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_746,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026593/Jewishaction/Newsletter_sixday/Newsletter_sixday.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_994,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026593/Jewishaction/Newsletter_sixday/Newsletter_sixday.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026593/Jewishaction/Newsletter_sixday/Newsletter_sixday.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "Rethinking Outreach Post–October 7: Speaking with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz", "excerpt": "<p>Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin, Jewish Action Editorial Committee member and host of the 18Forty Podcast, recently sat down with Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz to discuss the American Jewish response to October 7 and how it compares to the religious awakening after the Six-Day War.</p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/rethinking-outreach-post-october-7-speaking-with-rabbi-yitzchak-breitowitz/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026983/Jewishaction/Newsletter_breitlowitz/Newsletter_breitlowitz.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_683,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026983/Jewishaction/Newsletter_breitlowitz/Newsletter_breitlowitz.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_513,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026983/Jewishaction/Newsletter_breitlowitz/Newsletter_breitlowitz.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_1025,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026983/Jewishaction/Newsletter_breitlowitz/Newsletter_breitlowitz.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_1367,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026983/Jewishaction/Newsletter_breitlowitz/Newsletter_breitlowitz.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734026983/Jewishaction/Newsletter_breitlowitz/Newsletter_breitlowitz.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-society/", "name": "Jewish Society" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "Outreach Obligations and Responsibilities: What Does Halachah Say?", "excerpt": "<p>If you see someone drowning, you are halachically obligated to save him. Similarly, if you see someone drowning spiritually, you must save him. </p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/outreach-obligations-and-responsibilities-what-does-halachah-say/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_200,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734027539/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_683,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734027539/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_513,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734027539/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_1025,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734027539/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_1367,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734027539/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734027539/Jewishaction/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst/Newsletter_Rabbi-Furst.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/cover-story/", "name": "Cover Story" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-society/", "name": "Jewish Society" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/outreach/", "name": "Outreach" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/welcoming-october-8th-jews-home/", "name": "Welcoming October 8th Jews Home" } ] }, "title": "Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin on Jewish Identity Post–October 7", "excerpt": "<p>We have to realize: These Jews are not going to an Orthodox shul. They’re not coming through the shul doors. We need to be building better doorways for engagement. </p>\n", "uri": "/cover-story/rabbi-dovid-bashevkin-on-jewish-identity-post-october-7/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734028822/Jewishaction/Newsletter_bashevkin/Newsletter_bashevkin.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734028822/Jewishaction/Newsletter_bashevkin/Newsletter_bashevkin.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_373,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734028822/Jewishaction/Newsletter_bashevkin/Newsletter_bashevkin.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_746,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734028822/Jewishaction/Newsletter_bashevkin/Newsletter_bashevkin.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_994,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734028822/Jewishaction/Newsletter_bashevkin/Newsletter_bashevkin.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734028822/Jewishaction/Newsletter_bashevkin/Newsletter_bashevkin.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/in-focus/", "name": "In Focus" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/inspiration/", "name": "Inspiration" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-society/", "name": "Jewish Society" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" } ] }, "title": "Look a Little Harder", "excerpt": "<p>Who shops for the specialty items for the shul kiddush you enjoy every week? Who privately fundraises for boys and girls to attend yeshivah and seminary when the families can’t afford it? </p>\n", "uri": "/in-focus/look-a-little-harder/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029178/Jewishaction/Newsletter_infocus/Newsletter_infocus.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029178/Jewishaction/Newsletter_infocus/Newsletter_infocus.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_373,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029178/Jewishaction/Newsletter_infocus/Newsletter_infocus.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_746,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029178/Jewishaction/Newsletter_infocus/Newsletter_infocus.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_994,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029178/Jewishaction/Newsletter_infocus/Newsletter_infocus.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029178/Jewishaction/Newsletter_infocus/Newsletter_infocus.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-culture/", "name": "Jewish Culture" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/jewish-law/", "name": "Jewish Law" } ] }, "title": "What’s the Truth about . . . Relocating a Sefer Torah?", "excerpt": "<p>Misconception: In order to temporarily relocate a sefer Torah, such as to a shivah house, halachah requires that it be read three times in its new location. </p>\n", "uri": "/religion/jewish-law/whats-the-truth-about-relocating-a-sefer-torah/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1736888888/Jewishaction/Newslettertirah-relocating/Newslettertirah-relocating.jpg?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1736888888/Jewishaction/Newslettertirah-relocating/Newslettertirah-relocating.jpg?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1736888888/Jewishaction/Newslettertirah-relocating/Newslettertirah-relocating.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1736888888/Jewishaction/Newslettertirah-relocating/Newslettertirah-relocating.jpg?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1736888888/Jewishaction/Newslettertirah-relocating/Newslettertirah-relocating.jpg?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1736888888/Jewishaction/Newslettertirah-relocating/Newslettertirah-relocating.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/religion/shabbat-holidays/chanukah/", "name": "Chanukah" }, { "uri": "/category/food/recipes/", "name": "Recipes" } ] }, "title": "It’s My Party and I’ll Fry if I Want to", "excerpt": "<p>A party or other Chanukah get-together reminds us not to normalize the miraculous, but rather to be “Yehudim” . . . the people who acknowledge the Source of our help and give thanks. </p>\n", "uri": "/food/recipes/its-my-party-and-ill-fry-if-i-want-to/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_200,h_300,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA 200w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_683,h_1024,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA 683w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_1152,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_1536,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1365,h_2048,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA 1365w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1707,h_2560,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA 1707w", "sizes": "(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1707,h_2560,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734029726/Jewishaction/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck/Baked-Latke-Doughnuts-_Baila-Gluck.jpg?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/family/", "name": "Family" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/history/", "name": "History" }, { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "The Shochet (Vol. 1): A Memoir of Jewish Life in Ukraine and Crimea", "excerpt": "<p>The same-but-different-ness of various historical periods is always a point of surprise. While circumstances change, human nature and emotion often do not.</p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/the-shochet-vol-1-a-memoir-of-jewish-life-in-ukraine-and-crimea/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031023/Jewishaction/Newsletter_theshochet/Newsletter_theshochet.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031023/Jewishaction/Newsletter_theshochet/Newsletter_theshochet.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031023/Jewishaction/Newsletter_theshochet/Newsletter_theshochet.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031023/Jewishaction/Newsletter_theshochet/Newsletter_theshochet.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031023/Jewishaction/Newsletter_theshochet/Newsletter_theshochet.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031023/Jewishaction/Newsletter_theshochet/Newsletter_theshochet.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/people/", "name": "People" }, { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" } ] }, "title": "Canada’s Rabbi: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Reuven Bulka", "excerpt": "<p>Everyone, from the prime minister of Canada to local politicians, news reporters and the Ottawa chief of police issued statements of condolence over the rabbi’s passing. . . . His “pulpit” was much larger than anyone would have imagined for an “out-of-town” rabbi. </p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/canadas-rabbi-the-life-and-legacy-of-rabbi-reuven-bulka/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031292/Jewishaction/Newsletter_canadarabbi/Newsletter_canadarabbi.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031292/Jewishaction/Newsletter_canadarabbi/Newsletter_canadarabbi.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031292/Jewishaction/Newsletter_canadarabbi/Newsletter_canadarabbi.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031292/Jewishaction/Newsletter_canadarabbi/Newsletter_canadarabbi.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031292/Jewishaction/Newsletter_canadarabbi/Newsletter_canadarabbi.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031292/Jewishaction/Newsletter_canadarabbi/Newsletter_canadarabbi.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/books/reviews/", "name": "Reviews" }, { "uri": "/category/religion/tanach/", "name": "Tanach" } ] }, "title": "The Guide to the Perplexed: A New Translation", "excerpt": "<p>The difficulty of reading the Guide is no longer an excuse for putting off reading this seminal work of Torah thought. </p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews/the-guide-to-the-perplexed-a-new-translation/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031499/Jewishaction/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031499/Jewishaction/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031499/Jewishaction/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031499/Jewishaction/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031499/Jewishaction/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734031499/Jewishaction/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed/Newsletter_guidetoperplexed.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/history/", "name": "History" }, { "uri": "/category/jewish-world/israel/", "name": "Israel" }, { "uri": "/category/books/reviews-in-briefs/", "name": "Reviews in Brief" } ] }, "title": "Reviews in Brief – Winter 2024", "excerpt": "<p>Medinah, Halachah VeKavanot HaTorah; Living in the Land: Firsthand accounts from Bnei Torah and their families; Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation</p>\n", "uri": "/books/reviews-in-briefs/reviews-in-brief-winter-2024/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734103884/Jewishaction/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734103884/Jewishaction/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734103884/Jewishaction/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734103884/Jewishaction/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734103884/Jewishaction/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734103884/Jewishaction/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif/Newsletter_reviewsinbreif.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/lasting-impressions/", "name": "Lasting Impressions" } ] }, "title": "Coming Out of the Woodwork", "excerpt": "<p>What began years earlier as a hobby with tools and piles of wood has evolved into a sacred calling to help others in our Jewish community.</p>\n", "uri": "/lasting-impressions/coming-out-of-the-woodwork/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734111707/Jewishaction/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734111707/Jewishaction/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_372,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734111707/Jewishaction/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_745,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734111707/Jewishaction/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_993,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734111707/Jewishaction/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734111707/Jewishaction/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1/Newsletter_outofthewoodwork-1.png?_i=AA" } } }, { "categories": { "nodes": [ { "uri": "/category/jewish-living/", "name": "Jewish Living" }, { "uri": "/category/on-my-mind/", "name": "On My Mind" } ] }, "title": "Revisiting the Attainability of Greatness", "excerpt": "<p>How does Torah Judaism understand personal greatness, and do we fail to mentor our children in its pursuit?  </p>\n", "uri": "/on-my-mind/revisiting-the-attainability-of-greatness/", "featuredImage": { "node": { "srcSet": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_300,h_146,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734104617/Jewishaction/Newsletter_MoisheBane/Newsletter_MoisheBane.png?_i=AA 300w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1024,h_497,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734104617/Jewishaction/Newsletter_MoisheBane/Newsletter_MoisheBane.png?_i=AA 1024w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_768,h_373,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734104617/Jewishaction/Newsletter_MoisheBane/Newsletter_MoisheBane.png?_i=AA 768w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_1536,h_746,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734104617/Jewishaction/Newsletter_MoisheBane/Newsletter_MoisheBane.png?_i=AA 1536w, https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/w_2048,h_994,c_scale/f_auto,q_auto/v1734104617/Jewishaction/Newsletter_MoisheBane/Newsletter_MoisheBane.png?_i=AA 2048w", "sizes": "(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px", "altText": "", "sourceUrl": "https://res.cloudinary.com/ouwp/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1734104617/Jewishaction/Newsletter_MoisheBane/Newsletter_MoisheBane.png?_i=AA" } } } ] } }
Volume # 85

Winter 2024 (5785)

In this issue
Welcoming October 8th Jews Home: A Symposium
Cover Story

Welcoming October 8th Jews Home: A Symposium

In the wake of October 7, thousands of American Jews, once disconnected from their heritage, are now embracing their roots. What more can we do to welcome these newly awakened Jews into our community? In the symposium ahead, we feature responses from leading rabbis, rebbetzins and outreach professionals along with showcasing innovative programs in the world of outreach.

What Jews Really Want
Cover Story

What Jews Really Want

To those who want to grow and change and flourish, let’s offer everything we can. To those in the market for yet another facile lifestyle affectation, let’s show them the door. 

Responding to the Call
Cover Story

Responding to the Call

Now we must take the next crucial step: it is time for our community to understand that this holy work is the personal responsibility of every individual. 

Reaching Across the Gap
Cover Story

Reaching Across the Gap

Michal was one of 110 survivors of the Nova massacre who attended a Shabbaton this past August in Jerusalem that aimed to bring healing to survivors and to help bridge the gap between religious and secular Israelis.

The American Israeli Post–October 7
Cover Story

The American Israeli Post–October 7

As much as you and I have had to acclimate to a new reality after last year’s unfathomable terror attacks, that process has been significantly more challenging for one particular demographic—the close to one million Israelis who call the United States home. 

Just Ahavas Yisrael
Cover Story

Just Ahavas Yisrael

No judgment, just ahavas Yisrael. That’s the motto of Project Inspire, a national organization that aims to provide positive Jewish experiences for Jews of all backgrounds.

Look a Little Harder
In Focus

Look a Little Harder

Who shops for the specialty items for the shul kiddush you enjoy every week? Who privately fundraises for boys and girls to attend yeshivah and seminary when the families can’t afford it? 

Canada’s Rabbi: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Reuven Bulka
People

Canada’s Rabbi: The Life and Legacy of Rabbi Reuven Bulka

Everyone, from the prime minister of Canada to local politicians, news reporters and the Ottawa chief of police issued statements of condolence over the rabbi’s passing. . . . His “pulpit” was much larger than anyone would have imagined for an “out-of-town” rabbi.

Reviews in Brief – Winter 2024
History

Reviews in Brief – Winter 2024

Medinah, Halachah VeKavanot HaTorah; Living in the Land: Firsthand accounts from Bnei Torah and their families; Samson Raphael Hirsch’s Religious Universalism and the German-Jewish Quest for Emancipation