Ask the Rabbis | What is the Role of the Prophetic Voice in Today’s World?
HUMANIST
The legendary civil rights activist Bayard Rustin summed up the kind of prophecy we need today when he said, “The primary social function of a...
How Have 10/7 And The Israel-Hamas War Changed Your Priorities And Activism?
We asked participants on /r/Jewish, a discussion forum on the social media platform Reddit, about how 10/7 and the Israel-Hamas war have changed their priorities...
Talk of the Table | The Ever Malleable Marzipan
Strolling with my family through the charming streets of the Jewish Quarter in Toledo, Spain, last May felt like embarking on a journey through time.
Keepers of the Diagnostic Keys
Fifty years ago my father led the psychiatric establishment in declaring that homosexuality was not a mental disorder, changing the tide of how being gay was seen in America.
Spice Box | Nobody Wants a Second Cut
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Eight crazy pipes.
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Hath not a Jew hair and nails?
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Nobody wants a...
The Conversation
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MIAMI'S JEWS
FROM BLUE TO RED
I enjoyed reading Tom Gjelten’s “Miami Is...
Book Review | Hollywood Gets the Mamet Treatment
Through all the multiple David Mamets, one personality remains constant: a bold, aggressive, exceedingly confident, superbly well-read, arguably narcissistic provocateur.
Book Review | Revisiting a 1920s Thrill Kill
Jewish Baby Boomers like me grew up hearing about Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. because they were two intellectually precocious, rich Chicago teenagers who were also Jewish.
Visual Moment | John Singer Sargent: Fashioning Art
Fans, gowns, beaded dress pumps, even a French hat ornament constructed from the stuffed body of a bird-of-paradise, complement the 50 paintings assembled for “Fashioned by Sargent” at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, currently on view through January 15, 2024.
Moment Debate | Do Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives Harm Jews?
Interviews by Amy E. Schwartz
DEBATERS
David L. Bernstein is the author of Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews.
Naomi Greenspan directs the Improving the Campus...
Opinion| Get Off Twitter Already
In the days following the Hamas massacres in southern Israel, the group’s propaganda videos—including graphic, unedited streams of terrorists firing automatic weapons and the mutilated bodies of victims—proliferated unhindered on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.