Aaron David Miller on the Middle East’s “Angry, Dysfunctional” Future
by Wesley G. Pippert
Aaron David Miller, an adviser on the Middle East for six secretaries of state, believes that the next few years in the...
Seeing the Face of Our Neighbor
by Alfred Munzer
This January, I was invited to speak at Scotland’s observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day. I was born in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, and over...
Q&A: Glenn Dynner on Yankel’s Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland
By Josh Tapper
The history of Jews in 18th- and 19th-century Poland is often a history of anti-Semitism, of social and economic isolation at the hands...
Kosovars and Jews Share History–and Hope
by Enver Hoxhaj
While much of the world would rather forget, one country commemorates the Holocaust regularly.
That country? One of the world’s newest nations--the predominantly Muslim...
Food: Our Connection to Torah and Today
Nigel Savage on the Jewish Food Movement
By Lucille Marshall
In the past ten years, the Jewish community experienced an expansion of Jewish farms, Jewish CSA’s, and...
Week in Review: Vassar’s “Open Hillel,” Torah Scrolls Discovered in Russia, Sid Caesar and much more!
The Vassar Jewish Union announced this week that it would become an “Open Hillel,” making it the second student group to break with Hillel International’s...
Recipe: Bukharian Fried Fish and Stuffed Onions
Like most Jewish sub-groups, Bukharians, who lived for centuries in Central Asia, have an array of dishes they’ve carried with them through years of political...
Week in Review: Abe Foxman to Retire, Natalie Portman in Israel, Valentine’s Day and much more!
Jewish passengers on board a Belgian train were asked to get off at Auschwitz and “take a short shower” after fellow travelers reportedly hijacked the...
Postpartum PTSD: My Story of Traumatic Childbirth
My story mimics Rachel’s in so many ways. She struggled with infertility for many years before becoming pregnant. She then gave birth to two sons. She had a traumatic labor and delivery. But, thanks to a leading team of nurses and doctors, and the post-Biblical birthing method of cesarean section, I survived.
Week in Review: High-Tech Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel Boycott Bill Axed and much more!
The New York State Assembly has withdrawn a bill that would cut off funding to colleges and universities that initiate boycotts of Israel. Although a...
Ari Shavit on Love, Brutality and Hope
Israeli journalist Ari Shavit on his award-winning new book, “My Promised Land”
The Contrition and Confusion of Ari Shavit
How should we view the complicated history of Lydda and what it means for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?