How Bad is Israel’s Wave of Violence?
While there must be no dismissal or flippancy about the killing of Israelis, there is a need to put this series of attacks into its proper perspective.
Netanyahu’s DC Schedule Includes White House, Think Tanks
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday in the context of a new reality: that a two-state solution will not be negotiated on his watch.
At 25, A Jewish Theater’s New Chapter
After facing controversy, Washington DC’s Theater J has a new leader.
Historian Jeffrey Herf on Interpreting Iran Through Germany
by Emily Shwake
Jeffrey Herf is a professor of modern European intellectual history at the University of Maryland. He has used his specialization in 20th-century Germany...
Matisyahu Shakes Off the Dust with New Album
This month’s release of Live at Stubb’s Vol. III marks 10 years in the limelight for Matisyahu, the American Jewish reggae rapping sensation. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing for the man his fans commonly refer to as Matis.
“Faith Ed” Tackles Religion in the Classroom
by Laura Davis
In March of 2014, during a meeting at her synagogue in Lexington, Massachusetts, Linda K. Wertheimer heard about some disturbing incidents of anti-Semitism...
A Dispatch From the Israeli-American Conference
by George E. Johnson
The conventional wisdom in American Jewish life is that the next generation of Jewish adults is less “Jewish” and essentially turned off...
Ilan Berman’s Iran
by Emily Shwake
The first thing Ilan Berman told the crowd was: “You do not want to read this book.” This introduction was a bit misleading...
Nostra Aetate at 50: Jewish Art, Christian Conscience
This year’s Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conference includes an exhibition of the work of Polish-Jewish artist Arthur Szyk. A contemporary of Chagall, Szyk was largely forgotten in the decades immediately following WWII, but may now be ideally positioned to serve as bridge for continuing Jewish-Christian dialogue on the Holocaust and beyond.
Q&A: Explaining Israel’s Wave of Violence
Ofer Zalzberg, senior analyst with the Middle East Program of the International Crisis Group, on how the violence began and what can be done to quell it.
Amid Refugee Crisis, Jewish Groups Step Up
by Laura Davis and Emily Shwake
Since the original outbreak of fighting in March of 2011, nearly 4 million Syrians have left their country, according to...
Q&A: Israel and the Syrian Refugee Crisis
In this Q&A, Moshe Maoz, professor emeritus of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem — an expert on Syria who...