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Sightings, sounds, and self-knowledge: Ten reasons to go out next week

Art, music, and dance come alive this week in Israel, from AI-driven installations to opera, jazz, and contemporary dance.

Blindness by choice, Israeli opera.
Smartphone.

How not to care online: Survival guide for staying human

Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

Parashat Bo: Jeremiah’s timeless promise to Israel


Thanksgiving: Where are the cranberries?

For some, the scavenger hunt for an American Thanksgiving is worth the fuss

TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING table, with iconic dishes like green bean casserole and candied sweet potatoes.

Wine Talk: Wine, culture, and Porto

Taylor’s Port has lasted for 333 years in Portugal, remained independent, and is still family owned. Now the owners have to decide how to navigate the future, and it is not simple.

ICONIC VIEWS from the World of Wine (WOW) cultural district, sitting among the ancient Port Lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia.

This month in Jewish history: Operation Moses, Hanukkah, and Spinoza

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

ETHIOPIAN IMMIGRANTS upon their arrival at an absorption center in Ashkelon, 1984.

Macron vs Kushner: Sword-and-shield assault on Judaism and Europe's new antisemitism - opinion

The Jewish nation today is facing its greatest survival challenge in 2,000 years: an attempt to negate the idea of the Jewish state, and through it the idea of Judaism.

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron (R) and PA President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands following a joint press conference at Paris’s Elysee Presidential Palace, Nov. 11.

Pope Leo XIV must denounce Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes for sinful antisemitism - opinion

Pope Leo XIV must state clearly and publicly – by name – that Nick Fuentes and Candace Owens do not represent Catholic teaching or Catholic values and that their antisemitism is sinful and dangerous.

POPE LEO XIV celebrates Mass for Jubilee of the Poor at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Nov. 16, 2025.

As war reshapes Middle East, FM Gideon Sa'ar bets on Israel's new diplomatic center of gravity

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar: Despite ‘relentless’ 2025, none of the Abraham Accords countries cut ties with Israel – and more agreements are on the way.

Gideon Sa'ar

Parashat Toldot: Jacob’s conviction and Israel’s moral clarity

Jacob walked with conviction in silence; we must learn to walk with conviction amid the noise. 

JACOB IS left without closure.

Parashat Toldot: Directing our natural inclinations

This is humanity’s eternal challenge: Not to give in to impulses and the desire for immediate gratification but to steer it toward a higher purpose.

'Only now, the color red becomes a symbol of essence'

Israel's Piano Man: Rami Kleinstein's journey from Long Island to Hebrew pop maestro - interview

Many people refer to Kleinstein as the Israeli Billy Joel, mainly for the similarities in their melodic, piano-based songs about love and life. But the parallels don’t end there.

Rami Kleinstein (L) with David Brinn.

A comical series of bureaucratic frustration: Effi Frohwein's aliyah story

After Oct. 7, I had in mind that I want to be with my family, meaning Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael

FROHWEIN FAMILY (from L): Effi, Zachy, Koby, Hilary, Mikayla.