Moment Debate | Would a Ban on Abortion Curtail Jews’ Religious Freedom?
Abortion bans are predicated on assumptions about when life begins that have specific Christian theological assumptions baked into them.
Opinion | Dinners and Dialogues Are Not Enough
I’ve been obsessed with Black-Jewish relations for half a century.
Opinion | Blinded by a Black Hat
I remember the Shitrit family. Very devout new immigrants from Morocco, they lived in the building next to mine in Sanhedria Murchevet, the dusty Northern Jerusalem neighborhood designated for religious olim, or immigrants, by the Jewish Agency in the 1970s.
Opinion | A Jewish State, but What Kind?
In December, Arab Knesset member Mansour Abbas noted that Israel was born as a Jewish state and will remain one, so the pressing question of the status of Arab citizens there “is not about the state’s identity.”
Opinion Interview | Are Pro-Trump Jews Moving On?
As 2022 ushers in a new political cycle, the relationship between former president Donald Trump and his supporters in the Jewish community—a minority, but a passionate and often influential one—seems set to enter a new and more complicated phase.
Moment Debate | Is the Filibuster Good for Democracy?
Democracy entails more than merely majority rule. It implies concern about minority rights.
Opinion | ‘Replacement Theory,’ Mainstreamed
White replacement theory, the repugnant racist trope that claims America’s white population is being displaced by people of color, is once again receiving a wide audience among those feeling malnourished by Donald Trump’s absence from their social media feeds.
Opinion | A Small Religious Revolution
It is easy to list the many things that the relatively new and highly diverse Israeli government cannot do. Example: It cannot advance a peace process with the Palestinians, nor an annexation in the West Bank.
Opinion | The Summer of 1942
On July 1,1942, Cairo was about to fall to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s German and Italian forces.
Opinion | Mine, Mine, All Mine
What makes a place holy? And who gets to decide? Such abstract questions become concrete and emotional when we talk about Jerusalem.
Opinion | Why I Left Jerusalem
After 50-something years, and to the astonishment of our children and grandchildren, at the end of June my husband and I packed up our things and left Jerusalem, moving halfway across the country to settle in Zichron Yaakov, a quaint, hilltop village overlooking the sea.
Opinion | We Know It When We See It
Hard to believe it’s come to this: The word “antisemitism,” coined in the 19th century by a German journalist, is being weaponized by Jews against Jews.