Opinion | Bibi on Trial or on Stage?
It remains to be seen if the trial against Netanyahu will continue to divide the Israeli public and undermine its belief in Israel’s legal system.
Interview | What Assad’s Fall Means for Syria and the Greater Middle East
Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein share aluable insights into the complex and rapidly evolving situation in Syria.
From the Newsletter | Reporting on Antisemitism Is Not ‘Opinion’
The professor told her that she needed to provide proof that she was Jewish.
Flavius Josephus, Lion Feuchtwanger and the Eternal Struggle with History
A USC exhibit pairs Flavius Josephs, the first-century chronicler of a doomed Jewish revolt, with Lion Feuchtwanger, the 20th-century German-Jewish novelist who fled Nazi persecution.
Book Review | The Failure of Aryan Physics
The spiraling arms race of the Cold War was thus set off by the bomb that German physicists recognized was beyond their reach.
Interview | Yair Golan on the Detriments of Israeli Tribalism
Once again, we face the challenge of creating one nation.
Interview | Manuel Trajtenberg on Israel’s Future
I have a deep faith that the situation will improve.
Book Review | A Rebbe with a Fiddle and No Followers
“There is much to be charmed by in this novel and even more to learn from it.”
Opinion | Netanyahu vs. the “Deep State”
Netanyahu’s praise for Feldstein show that he will reward loyalty to him, even at the expense of loyalty to the rule of law.
The Vanishing Antisemitism Taboo
Many years ago, as a young reporter, I had the arresting experience of watching in real time as a random group of people spontaneously enforced the American taboo against antisemitism.
Opinion | What I Learned at Stanford
“Zionists are the in-group upon which white supremacy depends.”
This is what a Stanford dean told me while giving me her feedback on a curriculum I...
Living a Deeply Creative Life with Peter Himmelman and Nadine Epstein
Peter Himmelman and Nadine Epstein discuss music, art and writing; how creativity is at the core of everything we do; creativity as a path to faith and the influence Judaism has had on that path.