Impresario for the Lost Voices of Theresienstadt
By Mandy Katz
Perhaps an apt follow-up to my post Monday about a journey from the Holocaust to the Ivy League? Yesterday's Washington Post carries an...
College Admissions? Of Buchenwald and Princeton
By Mandy Katz
Some of his Frankfurt gymnasium teachers ended up in Buchenwald, my Tel Aviv correspondent Ernest Stock writes, but he ended up graduating from...
The Settlers' Intifada
by Jeremy Gillick
Much of the West Bank is in turmoil following this morning's highly anticipated evacuation of the Orwellian "House of Peace" in Hebron. Though...
An Interview with Peter Manseau, Author of Songs for the Butcher's Daughter
By Jeremy Gillick
“Rise and go to the town of the killings,” Bialik wrote of Kishinev, the Moldovan city, formerly Russian, where a 1903 Easter Sunday...
A Eulogy for Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg
This eulogy for Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg found its way to us at ITM and we think it's worth sharing with our readers. It is...
Mumbai Attack, Jewish Angle
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler
All our Thanksgiving weekends were touched with sadness as news from Mumbai interrupted what should have been cheery days watching football and spending...
Could an Evacuation of the Jewish Settlement in Hebron Spark an Israeli Civil War?
By Jeremy Gillick
There is an interesting drama developing around one of the West Bank’s most radical and controversial Jewish settlements. Home to the Ma’arat HaMachpelah—the...
Israel Phil and Zippity Dudamel
By Mandy Katz
The Israel Philharmonic must be the most relaxed symphony orchestra in the world. Really, some of these musicians literally lean back in their...
An Interest in Hanukkah? Jon Stewart Sings!
By Mandy Katz
"Can I Interest You in Hanukkah?" may be the first ever TV ditty sung a due by Jon Stewart and fellow faux-newsie Stephen...
Israel's Donald Trump? Reality Show to Feature "The Arcadi"
By Mandy Katz
Jerusalem voters may have told Arcadi Gaydamak, "You're fired" last week, as Nir Barkat edged him for the Jerusalem mayoralty. But don't imagine the...
The Forward 50: 2008 Jews of the Year
By Jeremy Gillick
The Forward has published its annual list of America’s 50 most important Jews: the Forward 50.
Winners include Rahm Emanuel, Obama's newly appointed Chief...
A B’racha for Barack? The Obama Kiddush
By Mandy Katz
Raise a glass tonight and every night through January 20. You don't have to know Hebrew to intone this one (though it helps...