Jerusalem post magazine

Rosh Hashanah 2026: Humor, the shofar, and the ability to accept the absurdity of life

When confronted by our own absurdity and inadequacy, Judaism turns the tables and asks us to eat festive meals, sing optimistic songs, and make Rosh Hashanah into a holy celebration.

THE HIGH HOLIDAY repentance cycle, year after year, can be brutal.
SMOKE RISES from Soroka Medical Center on June 19, after an Iranian ballistic missile packed with over 400 kilos of explosives slammed into the Northern Surgical Building, destroying two floors.

Miracle at Soroka: How a frontline hospital weathered October 7, survived Iran war

A RECENT Pew study found that more than 50% of employees don’t want to return to office life.

With the end of the pandemic, comes the return of choice - opinion

LIFE IN the Jewish state: Thrills and chills.

The pain and the pride in remembrance days for Holocaust, fallen soldiers


Israeli countermeasures to help U.S. prevent mass shootings

With America and world Jewry still reeling from the Pittsburgh massacre, developments are under way in the Start-up Nation to help prevent or at least mitigate the next shooting spree.

FOLLOWING THE October 27 shooting, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk with Tree of Life synagogue rabbi Jeffrey Myers as White House advisers Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner walk with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, outside the synagogue on October 30.

Arthur Szyk – A soldier in art

“There is no one (Szyk) more certain to be alive 200 years from now."

Arthur Szyk. Paris, early 1930s.

Welles’s last work and Claire’s coup

The supposedly shocking ending won’t surprise anyone who has followed the series closely.

The Other Side of the Wind

Portraits of the dilemma the Druze face as a religious minority in Israel

Shadi Khatib talks with the ‘Magazine’ about the dilemmas facing the country’s smallest religious minority, the Nation-State Law, and the desire to be treated like an equal Israeli citizen.

NEW YORK Police Department officers conduct searches before the New York City Marathon on November 4: ‘US police don’t have the time or resources to do what technology could quickly get done.’SHADI KHATIB displays ‘The Druse alliance,’ a ‘Jerusalem Post’ article from 30 years ago featuring a photo o

Communication tips for couples

When communicating with your partner, avoid personal put-downs, insults and negative body language.

‘THE MOST adaptive response to marital discord is to turn toward each other and learn how to tell your partner what really is upsetting you – without feeling that you will be attacked or rejected for doing so.’

Yummy, yeasty buns & rolls

Yeast dough is easy to prepare and perfect for fall.

SUGAR AND CINNAMON BUNS

The life of Philip Gold

The ‘Life Lessons’ columnist and cat lover, remembered by his wife.

A DECADE ahead of the times: Philip Gold.

His final column

Could you help yourself by indulging in what may be pure fantasy, imagining that your damaged functions might be ‘rewired’ to other, undamaged, brain sites?

Professor Philip’s do-it-yourself brain fix

The best-laid plans

Indeed, if I take the 10,000-foot perspective, my forest is looking healthy overall – even if some of the trees need extra care.

‘A DEEP fatigue descended around me, one unlike any I’d experienced during the chemo itself.’

Post-Pittsburgh ponderings

The extremist groups of moaners and malcontents showed callousness and cruelty to the mourners and, by extension, to all Jews.

WORSHIPERS ATTEND a ‘Show Up For Shabbat’ service at New York City’s JCC Harlem on November 3, a supportive response to the previous Saturday’s shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.