
Arab Israeli Actress Takes U.S. Stage
Hend Ayoub offers biting commentary in her one-woman show, “Home? A Palestinian Woman’s Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness.”

Hend Ayoub offers biting commentary in her one-woman show, “Home? A Palestinian Woman’s Pursuit of Life, Liberty & Happiness.”

For those with relatives in both Israel and Iran, the 12-day war felt especially personal and nerve-racking.

Samson Nderitu Njogu’s journey from East Africa to the West Coast of the United States — and from Messianic Judaism to mainstream Judaism and rabbinical school — is a uniquely modern Jewish story.

How did a young Hebrew woman become one of the public faces of the IDF? And what does it mean for her and her community?

Nambi is the second Abayudaya member to be ordained as a rabbi in the U.S., after Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, the community’s spiritual leader. She is also a children’s book author.