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• Men Need a Sukkah, Not a Manosphere – Sukkot’s sukkah and four species offer a Jewish model of masculinity combining vulnerability, self-mastery, emotional openness, responsibility and community instead of domination and isolation

• Room for one more? Campaign bridges divides by breaking bread – a grassroots campaign urges Jews to invite someone outside their usual circles for Sukkot, hoping shared meals and conversation can bridge communal and political divides

• The Rav I Discovered Through Tehillim – editing the Rav’s scattered Tehillim teachings reveals his emotional religious world, where wonder, doubt, struggle, forgiveness, responsibility and hope all become part of avodat Hashem

• This cruelty is horrible and unnecessary for the minhag – Hundreds of dead chickens found abandoned in NYC trucks – hundreds of chickens, apparently intended for Kaporos, were found abandoned in Brooklyn U-Hauls; many were dead, activists alleged cruelty, and police are investigating

• Reservists Report: Hotel retreat did not meet IDF kosher standards – reservists complained that an IDF-arranged Tiberias hotel’s kosher supervision reportedly did not meet the IDF Rabbinate’s usual standards, raising questions about military kashrut policy

• Toward a Renaissance of American Jewish Education – argues Jewish day schools need stronger teacher recruitment and training, drawing on classical education and school-choice growth to renew Jewish identity and American civic culture

• Psak Din – Rosenberg v. Rosenberg – Beth Din of America applies equitable distribution and alimony based on Orthodox communal practice, presumptively dividing marital assets equally and ordering $4,166 monthly support