July 17, 2026 — Inside America’s first prison synagogue: New exhibit tells the story of Jewish inmates who built it. While founded by Quakers and long Christian-oriented, Eastern State hosted Jewish prisoners as early as the 1800s. 

July 10, 2026 — Parashat Matot-Masei: Slow and steady. The most important movement is not always what is visible externally, but what takes place within a person.

July 6, 2026 — Captivity survivor: This is how Hamas tried to get me to convert. Freed hostage Rom Braslavski says at least 60% of Jewish hostages converted to Islam in captivity, shares that he returned to religion on October 7.

July 2, 2026 — Weekly Torah portion: True leadership is tested where no one can see. Parashat Pinchas teaches that leadership is not judged only by decisive action or visible results, but by the hidden motive behind them: whether a leader is serving a value, or using that value to serve himself

July 1, 2026 — Iran threatening Tehran’s historic Qavam Church in latest move against Iranian Christian minority. “Six security forces went into the church and sat through a session, saying they wanted to ‘identify’ people,” said Sasan Tavassoli, a US-based minister with the Presbyterian Church in Iran.