By Jeremy Gillick
The release last week of Laish, Aharon Appelfeld's latest book to be translated into English, provided an excellent excuse to celebrate the Israeli...
By Jeremy Gillick
In August of 2005 the United States made an unlikely indictment: following an FBI raid on AIPAC's offices, it accused Steve Rosen, one...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Bernard Madoff is expected to plead guilty to illegally amassing over $64 billion dollars in court tomorrow.
Here's the AP's account of Tuesday's courtroom...
Gershom Gorenberg and David Frum recently spoke on bloggingheads about Israel's future and the importance, or lack thereof, of its settlements in the West Bank.
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Here's the trailer for Quentin Tarantino's newest bloody assortment of moving pictures. This one's called Inglourious Basterds and includes Brad Pitt and a...
By Jeremy Gillick
In February of 2008, the Republic of Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Now, as the country of two million--almost all of whom...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
There's an email rumor spreading around the Jewish community that the Boston Red Sox, at the initiative of young Jewish General Manager Theo...
By Jeremy Gillick
Evidence of the approaching end-times, a society gone-psycho, or just more proof that humans are weird?
In the first tale, Haaretz reports that a...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Israeli election? Hamas? Forget about it for a second. Here's some sexier news. Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli is on the cover of the...
By Jeremy Gillick
As the Israeli election enters its final stretch (polls close at 10 P.M. Israel time), with Kadima leader Tzipi Livni surprisingly ahead in...
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
Israel votes for a new leader today.
A super duper quick review:
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his Likud party still lead in the most recent...
By Jeremy Gillick
Two years ago, Ha'aretz correspondent Lily Galili profiled the right wing Israeli politician and founder of the Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel is our Home")...