Inspired Living
The Sukkah and the Power of Endurance
By David Suissa

They can destroy our Temples and demonize us on social media, but they can't destroy a joyful spirit that never stops building. That enduring spirit is the power of the sukkah

Reality Check
The El-Sayed litmus test cuts both ways
By Jonathan Tobin

Power-hungry Dems, as well as Tucker Carlson, regard support for an antisemitic Senate candidate as an imperative. Are liberal Jews ready to normalize hatred directed against themselves?

Religion of Pieces
Why 'Fauda' has shocked the West
By Melanie Phillips

A TV show delivers truths that people don't know have been so lethally denied

For more than three decades, the writer, a long-time JWR contributor, has served as Britain's political conscience. A journalist and author, in 1996, she was awarded the prestigious Orwell Prize for journalism

Head & Heart
The 'Gen Z stare' --- and the decline of saying things out loud
By Ariana Eunjung Cha

We're speaking fewer words every year. Scientists worry what that's doing to our brains

Well + Being
As a doctor, here's one drugstore medication I tell people to rethink
By Trisha Pasricha, MD, MPH

Cuts and scrapes are inevitable. Here's the better way to heal them

Must-Know Info
Why you might want to get your next rental car from Costco
By Andrea Sachs & Natalie B. Compton

"With just one rental," observes a loyal customer, "I've almost paid for my Executive membership without even grocery shopping."

World Wild Web
Chatbots are still falling short in mental health conversations with kids
By Gerrit De Vynck

They still frequently engage in potentially risky conversations, for example by acting like mental health professionals or giving harmful advice

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Jeff Koehler

These Moroccan salads open meals in spectacular fashion (3 colorful, sophisticated and artful recipes)

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• Speed Bump by Dave Coverly

• 9 to 5 by Harley Schwadron

• Bottom Liners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum

• Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler

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(THOUGHT-PROVOKING) Victor Davis Hanson: AI and the same old politicized hysteria

• News of the Weird: A Bear's Gotta Eat

• Greg Crosby: From 'woke' to finally waking up

MediaWatch by Tim Graham: Hollywood Feminist Makes Over Jesus to Sound Like Meryl Streep

• Josh Hammer: Trump's Greenland Agreement Is the 'Art of the Deal' in Action

Michael Barone: Toward a Post-Trump Politics