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Your Investments: Financial modesty

"When someone saves your life and gives you life, there’s gratitude, humility; there’s a time you’ve been so blessed you realize you’ve been given another chance at life..." - Pat Summerall

APRIL 10, 2026|ByAARON KATSMAN

ANNOUNCER AND Dallas Cowboys great Pat Summerall on the sidelines during a Monday Night Football game in Irving, Texas, in 2005.

DAILY DIET: The Creator gave us clear guidelines.

Parashat Shmini: Guarding a pure heart

The Hebrew word timtum means “blockage” or “dullness.” Forbidden foods can lead to this blockage – to emotional numbness and a diminished ability to perceive spiritual depth.

APRIL 10, 2026|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

ZOHAR FRESCO: The work of acclaimed percussionist Zohar Fresco traces the roots of frame drumming back to ‘Miriam’s drum’ and its place in Jewish cultural memory

Miriam’s beat: From Exodus to modern Israel, women reclaim rhythm and resilience

Pe’imat Miriam, a female percussive endeavor, revives an ancient rhythm to find a collective voice of hope – core to the biblical Passover narrative and to our spiritual well-being.

APRIL 8, 2026|ByBARRY DAVIS

TAMBOURINE PLAYERS from the ‘Golden Haggadah’ (c. 1320), reflecting a medieval vision of Miriam and the women’s song after the crossing of the sea, The British Library, London

The hidden well: Exploring Miriam's leadership as a source of hope in war's shadow

Within a world of harsh decrees and cruelty, Miriam creates a human partnership that crosses boundaries for the sake of saving life.

APRIL 7, 2026|ByRABBA AMIRIT ROSEN

Shabbat Hachodesh: A time to cleanse and begin again

Shabbat Hachodesh reminds us that national rebirth is not only a matter of borders, armies, and institutions. It is also a matter of values.

MARCH 14, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND

Ezekiel teaches that a true beginning requires cleansing.

Your Investments: The smart way to handle an inheritance portfolio

"Modern invention has banished the spinning wheel, and the same law of progress makes the woman of today a different woman from her grandmother." - Susan B. Anthony

MARCH 13, 2026ByAARON KATSMAN

SUSAN B. ANTHONY was an American social reformer and women’s rights activist between 1900 and 1906.

Parashat Vayakhel: A ‘kahal’ at war

As Israel faces its greatest challenges, the lessons of Vayakhel remind us of the power of unity in times of crisis.

MARCH 13, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN

ISRAELIS TEND to experience their identity more as members of a nation than as members of local congregations. Pictured: Celebrating Israel’s 77th Independence Day in central Jerusalem, May 1, 2025.

Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: Wisdom of the wise

“Give to the wise, and he will become yet wiser.”

MARCH 13, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ

Argentina's Milei says 'proud to be the most Zionist president in the world' at Yeshiva University

"Hoppe is bothered that I am a strong supporter of Israel," Milei told the audience.

MARCH 10, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Argentinian President Javier Milei addresses and Audience at Yeshiva University on March 9, 2026.

Purification by fire: The red heifer and Iran

The struggle against the Iranian regime is not simply another round in an endless regional rivalry. It is a confrontation with a force that has sown instability and death for decades.

MARCH 7, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND