Another grim day as more horrific details emerge of the savage Hamas incursion into Israel. I assume you are all following...

For the duration of this crisis, we want to send you regular updates highlighting philanthropic needs and opportunities fo...

JFN staff, leadership, and membership are united in shock and revulsion at the murderous attack that Hamas terrorists, bac...

The holiday of Sukkot is supposed to be the merriest day in the Jewish calendar. It is also the holiday of togetherness an...

Anosognosia is one of the most perplexing mental conditions. The term was first used in 1914 by French neurologist Joseph...

I grew up on a myth: that the Jewish Revolt against Rome was virtuous and heroic; a fight for freedom led by saintly men....

The famous song “My Way”, popularized by Frank Sinatra, is problematic. For starters, the music belongs to a 1967 Frenc...

Israel has two major memorial days: Yom Hazikaron—the remembrance day for fallen soldiers of Israel and Israeli terror vic...

The concept of “learned helplessness,” coined by psychologist Martin Seligman, became the cornerstone of his groundbreakin...

Let’s face it, on Purim we Jews look pathetic. Yeah, I know, it’s supposed to be a happy holiday in which we were miraculo...

At this time of the year, three years ago, I wrote about Stav Harari and Dean Shoshani. They were both 25 and had just sta...

Fighting antisemitism can be a Sisyphean task. We’ve been pushing that boulder up the slope for three thousand years, and...

While generally not a fan of dystopian fiction, I recently fell for one such book: “The Second Sleep” by Robert Harris...

The Anton-Babinsky Syndrome has puzzled doctors since antiquity. It’s a rare condition in which the patient has lost visio...

I thought about Tisha B’Av recently, as I stood in Jerusalem’s Davidson Archeological Park (thank you, William Davidson Fo...

Shavuot made me a Zionist. Well, maybe it wasn’t just Shavuot, but that holiday played an important role. Why? Because...

The concept of “learned helplessness,” coined by psychologist Martin Seligman , became the cornerstone of his groundbre...

Tell me honestly: Are you anticipating your Passover seder with excitement or dread? Do you really want to meet all your l...

JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny's presidential address at the JFN  2022 International Conference , deliv...

The synagogue of “El Tránsito” in Toledo, Spain is among the oldest and most beautiful in the world, with a sanctuary disp...

Updated on March 30 We at JFN have been horrified to watch the Russian invasion of Ukraine and are deeply concerned a...

One of the quotes that is repeated the most around the holiday of Tu Bishvat (the “New Year of the Trees) is, “Because Man...

Mythical stories in all cultures, which developed mostly before literacy was common, rely on portentous and unusual images...

The novelist Milan Kundera noted that the difference between a path and a highway is that a path is “a strip of ground ove...

Who would we be if we had made different choices? If we’d told that secret, left that relationship, written that book?...

The word “horizon” is tricky. We generally refer to the horizon as an indication of expansiveness, even limitlessness. But...

According to Midrash, all the souls of the future generations were present at Mount Sinai the moment the Torah was given....

One article changed my whole view of Zionism. Since I’d grown up in a strongly Zionist environment, from my home to my...

If you have a European or Middle Eastern heritage and you grow up in the Southern Hemisphere, you suffer from permanent co...

JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny's presidential address at the JFN 2021 International Conference, delivered online on...

Ridiculousness is one of the central characteristics of Purim. On this holiday, we are not afraid to be silly and absurd....

It takes just 13 seconds to chop down a tree with an ax. If you must know, New Zealander David Bolstad holds the world rec...

Sorry to break it to you, but Hanukkah is not that unique. Almost every culture has a midwinter holiday in which light...

"Overwhelmed as we are with the threat that Covid presents to our institutions, we tend to forget a quiet revolution that...

Anybody who, like me, has ever tried to lose weight – and failed – has experienced some of the harsh realities of dieting....