Female MKs Join Women of the Wall in Jerusalem
Female members of Knesset joined Women of the Wall at their monthly gathering at Jerusalem's Western Wall this morning and used their parliamentary immunity to...
Lunch with an Auschwitz Tour Guide: A Personal Essay
By Arielle Silver
“I used to be a tour guide at Auschwitz,” Timo said, and then rested his fork on the edge of his Panang curry....
Israeli Soccer Player and Pianist to Perform in Venezuela
By Ilona Oltuski
Pianist Elisha Abas – Scriabin in the Genes
The ante has just been upped: at the personal request of powerhouse conductor, Gustavo Dudamel, pianist...
Is it Time for Shylock to Retire?
Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice: A Play For All Time?
By Steve Frank
Every year brings new productions of Shakespeare’s controversial play
“The Merchant of Venice.” Is it time...
The View from Istanbul: What The Turkish Prime Minister Really Meant
By Aylin Kocaman
"It is necessary that we must consider -- just like Zionism, or anti-Semitism, or fascism -- Islamophobia as a crime against humanity."
--- Turkish...
Solidarity for Women of the Wall Planned Across the U.S. Next Week
Supporters of Women of the Wall are planning solidarity prayer groups in major cities in the US and elsewhere next week, as the group heads...
New Research Uncovers 42,500 Nazi Camps: What This Means for Holocaust Insurance Claims
A wide-ranging research project aiming to document the number of Nazi ghettos and camps has uncovered an estimated 42,500 Nazi facilitates, in a figure that...
The Agenda Behind Israel Apartheid Week? Guest Blogger Weighs In
By Patrick Mascoe
It’s that time of year again (March 4th – 8th), when our institutions of higher learning take a week out of their busy...
Support for Iran Down Among Muslims and Arabs
Support for Iran has declined among Arabs and Muslims, a new poll of 20 countries in North Africa and the Middle East has found.
Iran's favorability...
Guest Blogger from Turkey on What Divides Muslims, Christians and Jews
Taqiyya: A Concept Used to Divide Muslims, Christians and Jews
By Aylin Kocaman
I was talking to the head of a Christian group a few years ago...
Jewish Ethics: Hillel and Shammai Weigh in on Gun Rights
“A Jew dare not live with absolute certainty, not only because certainty is the hallmark of the fanatic...but also because doubt is good for the...
The Most Notorious Anti-Jewish Official in American History
Kaskel’s Chutzpah
By Gary Stein
“Your people must leave all the villages,” the government official barked. “The district must be emptied. I have an order here!” With...