The recent acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin has been seemingly endlessly scrutinized and debated across
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As the Hebrew year 5773 comes to a close, I want to explore the background of the most dramatic event
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As U.S.-brokered negotiations begin–again–between Israelis and Palestinians, both sides want to know: Hey, America, whose side are you really on?
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As I was shown into the interfaith spiritual center of the University of Chicago’s Rockefeller Chapel to my first Beit
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Arab-Israeli conflict. Three words that are charged with so much emotion and meaning. Everyone has an opinion (a staunch one
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1. Akbar Ahmed’s The Thistle and the Drone is his reading of the American War against Terrorism and its
...In Queen Esther’s Garden: An Anthology of Judeo-Persian Literature A lot of reading this week. First, a book on Judaeo-Persian
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There are so many questions about this Buzzfeed list. Why so many? Why 51 instead of 50? Does anyone
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The rabbi is dancing and singing, his congregation swooning, his synagogue…absent. We are watching an actor only pretend to be
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by Eli Kavon The ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av–which begins this year on the evening of July
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The English Girl, Daniel Silva’s most recent novel featuring Israeli super-spy (think James Bond meets Jack Bauer) Gabriel Allon, tries
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My alarm clock rang at 3am. Time to head to the Kotel for the crack of dawn vatikin minyan. My
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