Was the Awful Presidential Debate Somehow Good for Israel?
Plus: AIPAC’s watershed moment in New York.
From Craigslist to Philanthropist: A Wide Open Conversation with Craig Newmark and Robert Siegel
In Berlin, Some Israeli Ex-Pats Organize Against Germany’s Support for Israel
Flaschenberg views his group as a “kosher certificate” for opinions that may be perceived as too critical or controversial in Germany.
A Legal Earthquake: Israel’s Supreme Court Decides that the Ultra-Orthodox Must Serve in the Military with Eetta Prince-Gibson and Nadine Epstein
A conversation about the Israel’s Supreme Court ruling that the ultra-Orthodox must serve in the military and its wide-ranging legal, political, economic and social ramifications.
Jewish World War II Soldier Finally Rests In Peace
“For a Jewish kid from Pittsburgh to be buried with German soldiers under three Latin crosses, it just tore at my heart!”
From the Newsletter | Squeezing More Juice out of the Lemon Test
Louisiana just passed a law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in all public school classrooms. Will it stand?
Jewish Identity in a Post October 7 World with Sarah Hurwitz and Amy E. Schwartz
Join Sarah Hurwitz for a wide-open conversation about her Jewish journey, what she has learned from Jewish students on college campuses and what she thinks Jewish tradition can teach us in this moment.
Book Review | Making Music Was The Best Revenge
Rush’s Geddy Lee, child of Holocaust survivors, left Judaism when “not a single adult relative asked me how I was dealing with my loss.”
Countdown to Netanyahu’s Speech
Left-leaning Democrats and even some centrists in both chambers are busy trying to figure out the best response to a speech given by a world leader who has not only challenged their party’s leadership but has repeatedly ignored pleas from a Democratic president to change course in the way he’s conducting the Gaza war.
Analysis | We Need To Talk About Willful Ignorance
To fail to understand why Israel is becoming isolated on the world stage or to reduce the reason to mere antisemitism is willful ignorance.
Avoiding Sleep on Shavuot: An Act of Denying Wisdom
“To be a Jew means to struggle with things you don’t understand, and to do them anyway.” Sleep is no different.