Everyone wants to be right—in the right way. What’s the line between striving for moral perfection and being a jerk? ...
What makes a place holy? And who gets to decide? Such abstract questions become concrete and emotional when we talk about Jerusalem. ...
After 50-something years, and to the astonishment of our children and grandchildren, at the end of June my husband and I packed up our things and left Jerusalem, moving halfway across the country to settle in Zichron Yaakov, a quaint, hilltop village overlooking the sea. ...
Hard to believe it’s come to this: The word “antisemitism,” coined in the 19th century by a German journalist, is being weaponized by Jews against Jews. ...
It’s incompatible with the essence of a liberal arts education. ...
2021 has turned out to be another unpredictable year. As wave after wave of news stories reporting death and mayhem rolled over us, I found myself thinking about the Enlightenment. ...