Book Review | Inheritance
That insight—that culture and identity are not DNA—is one that Dani Shapiro, author of the recently published Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, doesn’t get....
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Thomas Buergenthal: More Than a Survivor
Throughout his eighty-five years, Thomas Buergenthal has experienced justice from all angles. He has been deprived of it, reclaimed it, fought for it for others, and worked to strengthen it worldwide....
Five Jewish Fathers to Think About This Father’s Day
The fifth of the Ten Commandments is “honor thy father and thy mother,” and in the Jewish tradition, fatherly responsibilities are certainly honorable....
DC’s Queer Jewish Community Celebrates Pride
"As a non-binary, queer Jew, we're living our life kind of on the periphery, and navigating our identities on a daily basis."...
At the DC Dyke March, Jewish Groups Protest Star of David Policy
A group of Jewish Zionist supporters gathered in Washington, DC on Friday to protest the DC Dyke March’s ban on Israeli flags and Pride flags with the Star of David in the middle. ...
Five Things to Know This Week: Polls Show Rising Fear Among American Jews
1. A state of fear This week, the American Jewish Committee released its annual survey which, this year, looks not only at the opinions of American Jews but also at those of Israeli and French Jews. The results provide a fascinating snapshot of their views on politics, Israel...
Ask The Rabbis | Does Jewish Law Forbid Racism?
Moment's Ask The Rabbis asks where the Jewish religion, tradition and text stand on racism...
At Home With Marge Piercy
Marge Piercy doesn’t live that far off the beaten track—it’s only Cape Cod, after all—but it feels remote, especially in the off-season. The poet, novelist and longtime feminist activist, who’s now 83, has lived in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, since the 1970s....
Book Review | Before Heschel Became Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel once towered as America’s foremost Jewish public intellectual. In this hour, he might well be the thinker of the hour....