Is it Time for Shylock to Retire?
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: A Play For All Time?
By Steve Frank
Every year brings new productions of Shakespeare’s controve...
08
Mar
08
Mar
The View from Istanbul: What The Turkish Prime Minister Really Meant
By Aylin Kocaman
"It is necessary that we must consider -- just like Zionism, or anti-Semitism, or fascism -- Islamop...
07
Mar
From the Moment Bookshelf: Books in Brief
Books in Brief: Senior editor Eileen Lavine reviews new and forthcoming titles
A Grain of Truth by Zygmunt Miloszewski (translated...
06
Mar
Solidarity for Women of the Wall Planned Across the U.S. Next Week
Supporters of Women of the Wall are planning solidarity prayer groups in major cities in the US and elsewhere next week, as t...
05
Mar
New Research Uncovers 42,500 Nazi Camps: What This Means for Holocaust Insurance Claims
A wide-ranging research project aiming to document the number of Nazi ghettos and camps has uncovered an estimated 42,500 Naz...
05
Mar
The Agenda Behind Israel Apartheid Week? Guest Blogger Weighs In
By Patrick Mascoe
It’s that time of year again (March 4th – 8th), when our institutions of higher learning take a week out of their ...
01
Mar
Support for Iran Down Among Muslims and Arabs
Support for Iran has declined among Arabs and Muslims, a new poll of 20 countries in North Africa and the Middle East has fou...
01
Mar
Guest Blogger from Turkey on What Divides Muslims, Christians and Jews
Taqiyya: A Concept Used to Divide Muslims, Christians and Jews
By Aylin Kocaman
I was talking to the head of a Chris...
28
Feb
Anat Hoffman Dares to Take On Israel’s Orthodox Establishment. Can She Win?
A visionary to some, a troublemaker to others, Anat Hoffman is leading the charge for women to be allowed to read the Torah at the Western Wall. The executive director of the Israel Reform Action Committee and spokesperson for Women of the Wall has become the face of the fight for religious freedom in Israel.
20
Feb
The Most Notorious Anti-Jewish Official in American History
Kaskel’s Chutzpah
By Gary Stein
“Your people must leave all the villages,” the government official barked. “...