The (True) Myth of the Jewish Democrat
By Daniela Enriquez
Elections are around the corner and once again the question presents itself—are Jews by nature Democrats? That American Jews tend to lean left...
No Gaga Here: Extreme Summer Camps in the Middle East
By Rebecca Borison
While I grew up at a Jewish summer camp playing Gaga, kids growing up in slightly (read: very) different areas than me are...
Shabbat’s Gray Area
by Rebecca Borison
Israeli President Shimon Peres recently announced that he has cancelled his trip to London for the Olympics’ opening ceremony. Why? When he discovered...
The Plight of the Three-Day Holiday
by Rebecca Borison
This past Friday, I turned off my iPhone at approximately 7 pm and prepared myself for three days of being disconnected. Shavuot happened...
The New Religious Intolerance: An Interview with Martha Nussbaum
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
From Switzerland’s ban on minarets, to France’s ban on headscarves, and the controversy that raged over Park 51, the “Ground Zero Mosque”...
Thousands of Little Pharaohs: The Plight of the Agunah
By Martin Berman-Gorvine
In this Passover season, consider the plight of Jewish women whose marriages have ended but whose (former) husbands refuse them a get (bill...
Ask The Rabbis | Will It Matter to Jews If There Is a Mormon President?
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Historically, the religious affiliation of a governmental leader has never been an issue for the Jewish people, as long as the government involved was not...
Gershom Gorenberg: An Open Letter to American Rabbis
The incident repeats itself with small variations. A rabbi somewhere in America writes to ask if I’ll come speak to his congregation about Israeli politics...
A Scanner Messianically
R. Justin Stewart may not be the first artist you’d expect to be behind a work called “Distorting (a messiah project, 13c).” The self-described atheist...
Changed from Darth Vaderberg at Ellis Island
Breaking news in "people you didn't know were Jewish": Darth Vader. Yes, some Lucasphiles say that Darth Vader's chestplate (right), revealed in The Empire Strikes...
How Jerry Falwell Changed the Republican Party
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
Jerry Falwell “stamped out” anti-Semitism in the Republican Party, said Michael Sean Winters, a reporter for the National Catholic Reporter—and no Falwell...