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Why There Are So Many Ways to Spell Hanukkah
English is a language notorious for its strange spellings, and its speakers are more willing to tolerate aberrations than are speakers of other languages.

Essay
The author of the great Jewish language column examines his alter ego.

Essay
AI has the potential to transform how Judaism is practiced. Will Jews resist those changes or welcome them?
By Moshe Koppel
Episode 355·The Tikvah Podcast
A haredi rabbi explains why it's so hard for young Israeli Haredim to serve in the IDF, and why they still ought to do so.
By Yehoshua PfefferFirst, enforce the rules you have.
Trading Jewish morality for social-media attention.
Rather than waging a vendetta against Muslims, the U.S. has routinely protected them.
Coins and ancient ammunition.
An insider reference for the “Blue-Hat Muslims.”

December 2025

November 21, 2025
For Hashem, for country, and for Yale.

October 23, 2025
Jews vs. Rome bridges the great historiographic divide.

September 17, 2025
Philologos says farewell.

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