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. ...
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. ...
Meteorology was the first science we studied when I was in middle school in the Chicago area during the early ...
More than seven million Jews and seven million Arabs live in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. No matter how much one side or the other wishes, neither group is going anywhere. ...
"I understand the importance of the First Amendment and academic freedom, but even with those rights, there are limitations." ...
Serious leadership brings complexity and nuance, and demands more information, not less. Our debates must strengthen democracy, not weaken it. ...
Barbra Streisand remains the single most powerful and enduring female Jewish cultural figure of my lifetime, writes Glenn Frankel. ...
What becomes of the national leader deemed guilty, but whose popularity is such that punishing him would risk political upheaval or a “lost cause” movement ? Two books, focused on a historic trial, seek to answer the question. ...
The Israel-Hamas war has turned the women’s liberation slogan on its head. ...
Examining the myths and facts of the campus antisemitism and free speech debate. ...
Israel editor Eetta Prince-Gibson weighs in on Israel’s current mood, and the heaviness of feeling stuck in the past. ...