by Daniel Ross Goodman “Humility is not thinking less of yourself,” said C.S. Lewis, “but thinking of yourself less.” But

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By Nadine Epstein Moment: Tell me about this photo. It’s so famous, and we see it all the time—but what’s

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This week in Germany, former SS guard Oskar Groning is on trial for his role in Auschwitz more than 70

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by Howard R. Wolf When, in 1978, I sent my brother–who has lived in Portugal for more than 40 years–a

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by Sophie Lavine In the spring of 2013, our family of four broke from our usual Passover routine and spent

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by Liat Deener-Chodirker Every few years, Diaspora Jews have the opportunity to vote for the World Zionist Congress, which oversees

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by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil Following a weeklong outcry over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act—which was criticized for curtailing gay rights—state

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by Liat Deener-Chodirker Every year at the Passover seder, Jews across the world celebrate our liberation from slavery, enjoying meals

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Is it permitted to invite a non-Jew to your Seder? And is it a good idea? ...

by Eileen Lavine “The history of the Jews in America would have been quite different without Abraham Lincoln,” says Jonathan

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The Education of an Interloper by Jack Miles t was as a student at the Hebrew University during the 1966-1967 academic

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“Listen,” says Tomás to his daughter, Daniela. “I know what you wrote.” Tomás is an academic, a Czech, who got out of Prague before the fall of communism, along with his wife, Katka, and baby Daniela. Now, he’s teaching at a two-bit college in Maine, divorced from Katka when their ...