Category: Aish

Israel Ellis’ son Eitan was serving in the IDF on October 7. Ellis, a Canadian entrepreneur and author, was terrified for his lone soldier son; thankfully, since the war started, he’s been safe. However, just recently, he discovered that Eitan was placed on a website called The Maple that listed the names of Canadian IDF…

It wasn’t written by a prophet. It wasn’t chosen by a committee. It was carried in the pocket of a wandering poet, stitched to a borrowed melody, and flung into history by people who had nothing but hope. It is sung with tears, not triumph. In rooms of mourning. In halls of power. In youth…

Michael M. Rosen’s Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us About AI suggests that traditional teachings about the golem, dybbuk, and maggid can inform how we survive and thrive as companies like OpenAI churn out further iterations of the instantly-ubiquitous ChatGPT and whatever computer-creatures come next. Rosen, a nonresident senior fellow at the American…

Food was always a big deal in my house. I grew up in a traditional mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardic home in The Netherlands. My father was a restaurant owner, and from the time I could walk, I was immersed in the world of cooking. In our home, food wasn’t just about eating – it was…

Relationships — especially those weighed down by years of conflict, power struggles, or hurt — can feel impossible to repair. Parents and children become estranged. Spouses feel more like distant roommates than life partners. In these moments, the gap between people can seem too wide to cross. But what if healing didn’t require grand gestures…

Shomer negiah is a Hebrew term that refers to a Jewish law that prohibits all physical contact between members of the opposite sex, with the exception of the person you’re married to (and a few others like parents, siblings, and the like). That means no handshakes, hugs, or anything else, until you put a ring…

Print Thai Lemongrass Gazpacho with White Fish Tartare Inspired by Thailand flavors, here’s a refreshing gazpacho paired with white fish tartar. Servings 4 Calories 301kcal Ingredients For the gazpacho: 4 ripe tomatoes chopped 1 cucumber diced 1 red bell pepper seeded and chopped ½ cup coconut cream 1 shallot or ½ purple onion 1 clove…

Itay Kashti, an Israeli music producer and composer living in the UK, was kidnapped and beaten by three Muslims because he is an Israeli Jew. He narrowly escaped and saved his own life. When Itay received an email from a record company’s executive inviting him to a songwriting retreat, he wasn’t suspicious at all. Itay…