David Arnow
By David Arnow
-
News Fishing for Life’s Big Lessons in the Book of Jonah
As Yom Kippur draws to a close, we read the deceptively simple book of Jonah. Three themes tie this all-too-relevant story together: the emptiness of self-absorption, the possibility that those who have disappointed us can change and the ultimate reality of interdependence. THE EMPTINESS OF SELF-ABSORPTION Why does Jonah flee when called to prophesy against…
-
News In Every Generation, Finding Redemption in the Seder
A single word captures the concern of the Passover Haggada: redemption. Encyclopedia Judaica defines redemption as “salvation from the states or circumstances that destroy the value of human existence or human existence itself.” At its core lies a relatively simple idea: The future will be better than the present. Not just a little brighter —…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
- 2
News DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
- 3
Culture She was a dancer who leapt to the top of her field — then the Trump administration fired her
- 4
Fast Forward Cory Booker has long embraced Jewish tradition. Now he has married a Jewish woman.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward Carrie Soloway, inspiration for trailblazing trans Jewish protagonist of ‘Transparent,’ dies at 88
-
News Why IDF soldiers’ official headshots only show their backs
-
Antisemitism Decoded Mamdani draws lines around how Jews should use ‘sacred spaces’
-
Yiddish World Yiddish culture shared mainstream racist stereotypes of the 1920s, new book shows
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
