From the Editor’s Desk: A Podcast for Those in Search of Nuance
“From The Yarra River to the Mediterranean Sea” is a podcast that’s part history lesson, part therapy session and also features interviews with various peacebuilders in the region.
Podcasts for Peace: Six Shows That Feature Nuanced Conversations about Israel/Palestine
Many Israelis, Palestinians and Jews abroad are actively working to provide nuanced perspectives to their respective communities—and other listeners.
Opinion | What I Learned from Alexei Navalny
It is difficult to accept the news regarding the death of Russian leader Alexei Navalny. I’m devastated for his family and for all Russians who,...
Analysis | The Killing of Navalny and Putin’s Theater of Terror
The killing of Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison camp last week recalls the darkest aspects of Communist rule in the Stalinist era.
A Vision of Decency and Hope: Why James McBride Is Today’s Charles Dickens
Both writers weave intricate yet leisurely plots and present an array of colorful, characters. Above all, they portray a fundamental decency and a hopeful vision.
A Human Lens: Teaching the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Through Film
“Filmmakers know that addressing the conflict can make or break a film, or a career,” says Orr. But done well, the rewards can be worth it.
Q&A | Genocide Scholar Mike Brand on the ICJ Ruling
Will Israel comply with the ICJ’s order to submit a report within a month detailing what it’s doing to follow the Genocide Convention?
Interview | Laziza Dalil on Teaching Moroccan Jewish Heritage
The vice president and cofounder of the Mimouna Association, which started as a club on her university campus in Morocco, on the importance of shared community.
The Importance of Storytelling in the Black and Jewish Communities with Eric K. Ward, Nadine Epstein, Adam Mansbach and Langston Collin Wilkins
A conversation about the importance of folklore in both the Black and Jewish communities, from the golem and Anansi the Spider to Hip Hop and Jewish Jokes.
Fania Oz-Salzberger Reads ‘A Quick Guide To Zionism In Hard Times’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19OGaTQ8TuU
Will Congress Pressure Israel?
This week, Natan Guttman covers Bernie Sanders’ failed legislation to condition U.S. military aid to Israel, and shares what he heard from Iowa caucus voters last week, including from a woman wearing not one but two Trump hats.
Duckworth: Life as a Unity
Meteorology was the first science we studied when I was in middle school in the Chicago area during the early 1960s and I was mesmerized...