Yitzhak Rabin: 15 Years Later
In a moving column in The New York Times, President Bill Clinton pays tribute to slain Israeli Prime Minister and peacemaker Yitzhak Rabin. "I continue to believe...
The De-Militarized Zone: Politics and Religion in the Middle East
By Samantha Sisskind
AMMAN, JORDAN – The swastika and anti-Israel graffiti spray-painted on the wall of a church parking lot I pass on the way to my school...
It’s cheese! It’s mustard! It’s…a knish?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
If you happened to be walking down Second Avenue in New York’s East Village last Sunday afternoon, you might have seen an...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Four car bombs exploded in front of Shiite mosques in Baghdad this morning, killing 39 people and wounding 54.
The Rabbinical Council of America...
Gay Memorial… Just for the Guys?
By Talia Ran
When taught about the Holocaust, we are asked to never forget those who lost their lives during such a tragic time. However, for...
Seders, and the Last Supper, and Jesus! Oh, My!
By Michelle Albert
A recent article on Slate raises the question of a possible connection between the Last Supper and Passover, dredging up a long-standing source...
Growth & Expansion
By Caroline Kessler
As Tu B'Shivat quickly approaches, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that some settlements will remain a part of Israel. Naturally, the New York Times...
On The Origins of Species turns 150
By Sarah Breger
Today’s the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. But 150 years later the relationship between science...
Jewish Justices Brandeis and Frankfurter as Stamps
By Maxine Springer
A new series of postage stamps celebrating four U.S. justices includes Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter, two of seven Jewish justices in the...
Britain's Schindler
By Sarah Breger
In Prague yesterday, a train set off on a four-day journey to London to honor the work of a man referred to as...
Avigdor Lieberman: Israel's Le Pen
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")...
Kiev Celebrates Sholom Aleichem, then Destroys his House
By Jeremy Gillick
Following celebrations in Kiev in honor of the 150th anniversary of Sholom Aleichem's birth, developers destroyed his house.
The great Yiddish writer would...