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.
Moment Debate | Is Critical Race Theory a Threat to Education?
It’s incompatible with the essence of a liberal arts education.
Moment Debate | Is There a Moral Argument For Raising Taxes on the Rich?
Not as an abstract principle, true any time, but I approve of the tax and spending program proposed by President Biden, and I’m prepared to defend it on moral grounds.
Moment Debate Round Two | Should the First Amendment Apply to Social Media?
Paul Barrett’s practical concerns about applying the First Amendment online are well-taken, but constitutional law demands this result in certain cases.
Opinion | Can Hope Survive the Latest Israel-Gaza ‘Round’?
Modern Hebrew, especially military and political jargon, tends to reflect the state of the nation.
Opinion | The Fights That Bind
A glutton for punishment, I recently slogged my way through all 316 online comments attached to a New York Times piece in which two Howard University officials, Brandon Hogan and Jacoby Adeshei Carter, defended themselves against the accusation by Cornel West and Jeremy Tate in The Washington Post that their decision to eliminate Howard University’s classics department to save money was a “spiritual catastrophe.”
Opinion | Did Biden Pass His First Israel Test?
Back to normal can be a blessing—as it is for a vaccinated public after COVID-19.
Winners and Losers in the Most Recent Israeli Election
More than a week after the most recent Israeli election, Israelis are still trying to find a way to make sense of what happened—and, no...