Naomi Ragen: Israel’s Kaleidoscope of Expectations
With the new government in place, Israelis are beginning to address the complicated question of what they want their country to look like.
Marshall Breger: Palestinian vs. Israeli Textbooks
Some people can’t handle the findings of a study that dares to compare Palestinian and Israeli textbooks.
Jewish Ethics: Hillel and Shammai Weigh in on Gun Rights
“A Jew dare not live with absolute certainty, not only because certainty is the hallmark of the fanatic...but also because doubt is good for the...
From the Editor
One could argue that Israel is the country where non-Orthodox Jews have the least religious freedom: They can’t marry, divorce or convert according to their...
Jewish Word | Moser
The Jewish Snitch
by Sala Levin
Earlier this year, Nechemya Weberman, a member of the Hasidic Satmar community in New York, was sentenced to 103 years in...
Ask the Rabbis: In counseling end-of-life care, what Jewish principles are most valuable?
In counseling end-of-life care, what Jewish principles are most valuable?
Book Review | The Book of Genesis: A Biography
Jon D. Levenson reviews Ronald Hendel’s new book, The Book of Genesis: A Biography.
Book Review | The Retrospective
Morris Dickstein reviews A.B. Yehoshua’s new novel, The Retrospective.
Book Review | FDR and the Jews
Marc Fisher reviews FDR and the Jews, by Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman.
Book Review | jews and words
Stefan Kanfer reviews jews and words by Amos Oz and Fania Oz-Salzberger.
Ask the Rabbis // Are Tattoos and Body Piercings Taboo?
Independent
The Torah’s proscriptions of tattoos applied to imitating religio-cultic ways of peoples who don’t exist anymore, such as Hittites and Yevusites, and later to any...
The Mostly Sweet Tale of Jews and Chocolate
Convinced he would encounter Jewish traders on his 1492 journey, Christopher Columbus brought along a Jew as a Hebrew interpreter. Although he met no Jews...