Of Patriarchs and Matriarchs
by Nadine Epstein
I watched both the Republican and Democratic conventions carefully, and now that they are over, I remain struck by the vastly different styles...
DNC Dispatch: “Sometimes You Just Have to Take One for the Team.”
by Amy E. Schwartz
It had been, she said, “a difficult week.” It sure had. But when Florida representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz walked into the reception...
Jewish Word // Bible
When biblical scholar Elsie Stern lectures about the ancient world at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the first thing she does is hold up a Bible and tell her students, “For most of the first 3,000 years that these words were around, if you said ‘Bible,’ no one would have any idea what you were talking about.”
From the Editor // May/June 2016
On occasion, tectonic shifts occur that break apart continents of political thought and reshape them into new ones
Jewish Word // Baal Teshuvah
Religious seekers are as old as religion itself. But it wasn’t until mid-20th-century America that there was a full-fledged, organized movement of Jews who moved from less observant to more observant—and a name for them. Behold, the birth of the baal teshuvah.
Israel: A Mosaic of Ethnic Cuisines (SPONSORED)
Israel’s vibrant food scene has made this small Mediterranean country one of the most exciting culinary destinations in the world, proving to be a...
Book Review // Alexandrian Summer
The recent English-language publication of Yitzhak Gormezano Goren’s Alexandrian Summer, writes Juliana Maio, attests to the fact that the story of the Jews of the Arab world, long neglected, is ready to be heard.
From the Editor // November/December 2015
During the Rwanda genocide, I thought about taking in a Tutsi family or adopting an orphan. But I had a baby and a job, I...
Book Review // Before Auschwitz: Jewish Prisoners in the Prewar Concentration Camps
In her compelling study of the role of the camps in the early years of the Nazi regime, Kim Wünschmann shows that they were “instrumental” in the development of the plan to transform German Jewry into a special category of enemy, deserving not just of brutal treatment but of eradication altogether.
Opinion // Obama’s Distorted Views on Israel
by Peter Berkowitz
The president's quest for even-handedness is misguided and dangerous.
Speaking at Harvard University in October, Secretary of State John Kerry asserted that “a massive...