Jewish Word | Mazel Tov! A Toast to Astrology?
Wishing someone “mazel tov” acknowledges that they’re experiencing a significant life event at a fortunate time, when the stars are aligned.
Interview | Ghaith al-Omari on the End of the Sinwar Era and What Comes Next
“The tragedy of the last year is proof that you cannot ignore this region.”
‘Nobody Wants This’ Has Rubbed Many Jews the Wrong Way. They’re Missing the Point
Sure there are some stereotypes to navigate, but Foster delivers an entertaining, wholesome rom-com with lead characters who share a notable chemistry.
Interview | Phyllis Greenberger, Author of ‘Sex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women’s Healthcare’
In ‘Sex Cells,’ Phyllis Greenberger continues her fight to overcome bias and discrimination in women’s healthcare.
Opinion | How We in Israel Tried to Commemorate October 7
Memorial ceremonies are not meant to take away our pain. Ritualized and structured, they are supposed to give us an outline for living with the pain and grief.
Opinion | UN Secretary General António Guterres Unworthy of Nobel Peace Prize
António Guterres has disproportionately focused on condemning Israel’s legally justified actions.
Book Review | With Critics Like These, Israel Will Be Fine
The irony of both books is that they replicate the intellectual sins they ascribe to Zionists—one-sided descriptions of Israeli actions, lack of self-criticism, and suffocating certainty.
Book Review | Kiss Me, I’m Irish and Jewish!
The two million Eastern European Jews who migrated to the United States between 1870 and the outbreak of World War I had been preceded by smaller movements of Jews to America: in colonial times, hundreds of Sephardim who fled Inquisitions; later, tens of thousands of Central European, mostly German, Jews who came, saw and prospered phenomenally in the middle of the 19th century.
Book Review | The Young, the Rich and the Guilty
“They were the shining realization of the Jewish American dream, people who could load their plates with all that this country had to offer.”
Q&A | The War in Lebanon with Hanin Ghaddar
Many people, actually, the majority of the Lebanese, would love to see Hezbollah go, but the price has been too high.
Visual Moment | The Little Boat that Could: Resistance and Rescue in Denmark
“The Jewish refugees now had a possible path of escape, if only they could get across the water.”
Talk of the Table | The Stew of Seven Tastes
The “Stew of Seven Tastes” actually has five ingredients, one of which is beef tongue, so it may just taste you back!