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Rachel Kohn is a freelance writer based in Chicago. Follow her on Twitter at @RachelKTweets and see more of her work at authory.com/rachelkohn.
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By Rachel Kohn
The events of the Tanach had never felt so close and so real to me, like time compressed, and I could see everything in my mind's eye: the riverbeds and streams, sweeping hillsides, and rocky wilderness.
By Rachel Kohn
I fear that I won't see a symbol of celebration when I look into the leaping flames of this year's bonfires, but an echo of the conflagrations of the past – the heat and destructive potential all too present and real.
By Rachel Kohn
I would translate bitcachon as security. It's true that faith can be blind, trust can be baseless, and it is even possible to have a false sense of security.
By Rachel Kohn
I know what it is like to have a distinctive voice, and it isn't because my voice is unique – it’s because I sound just like my mom.
By Rachel Kohn
Roses for me will always bring to mind my paternal and maternal grandmothers, both of whom went by the name Rose in English.
By Rachel Kohn
With its derivation from the Hebrew word "to sit," yeshiva can be seen to connote continuity through hunkering down...
By Rachel Kohn
Formal recognition of a student group does not equate to endorsement of that group’s message, wrote the judge.
By Rachel Kohn
Judging by Israel Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s response to what is being called the Pillay Report, Herzberg’s apprehension is not off the mark.
By Rachel Kohn
There is a person who has nobody else to look up to and he’s being broken, and G-d puts his heart in order, taking off everything superfluous from his heart and breaking his heart a little bit.
By Rachel Kohn
When the sirens begin — “and they are barely audible,” he noted — people head down into utility rooms under the ground floors of apartment buildings because there are no bomb shelters.
By Rachel Kohn
Slowly we started realizing that this is real war – that there are ground invasions, that there are bombings, and that it’s getting more tense and scarier – so my husband started working really hard on just helping people leave, Esther said.
By Rachel Kohn
When the threats [of invasion] came out, what was the first meeting the Israeli government had? How can we prepare for aliyah… How about what can we do to help the Jews of Ukraine?
By Rachel Kohn
The worst kind of vulnerability is if unauthorized people get into your building, David Pollock said. What we all need to do is to figure out a system where we can be both warm and welcoming, and keep everyone inside safe and secure.
By Rachel Kohn
I think it is assur for people to be near anything connected to him, said Rabbi Eliyahu.
By Rachel Kohn
What we can say for now is that today’s best neuroscience knows of no true impediment to the ability of people to make decisions and act according to their best beliefs and desires.
June 19, 2026 
