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Gershon BlumsteinThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
People sometimes look startled when I say I am voting with my conscience. The surprise isn’t about any particular candidate. It’s about a quiet...
What do we do when the vessel of faith cracks? The question arrives quietly. You’re standing for the Amidah on a Shabbat morning, the familiar...
Judaism has never been an abstract system. It has always been a lived experience — fragile, intimate, human. I have watched people walk into Jewish...
A political moment in Michigan exposes the myth that Jews care about only one issue — and why that myth threatens our community more than any...
How intelligent tools are quietly expanding Torah, strengthening community, and deepening Jewish practice. I didn’t expect artificial intelligence...
There are moments when a Jewish life doesn’t simply bend — it breaks. It breaks in a way that rearranges your breathing. I learned this the night...
The primaries are over, and American Jews now face a choice that is not simply political — it is spiritual. Many of us respond to any criticism of...