Go East, Mr. President
by Maddie Ulanow
We’ve passed the first two weeks of November, and the 2012 presidential elections are now just a year away. It seems the campaign...
The Goldstone Saga
by Erica Shaps
Every year at Brandeis University there is at least one Israel/Palestine-related event that lights a fire under the campus. My freshman year, it...
The Shalit Conundrum . . . Or Opportunity
By Leigh Nusbaum
When Gilad Shalit was kidnapped more than five years ago, I was almost 17 years old and en route to Israel for the...
Yom Kippur, Israel and Turkey
By Leigh Nusbaum
There is a saying in my High Holy Day siddur, the Gates of Repentance, that says, “For transgressions against God, the Day of...
A Jewish New Year Resolution: Scaling Back Our Use of the “D” Word
By Leigh Nusbaum
This is not a salvo—this is a challenge.
This past year, both Jewish and secular, has been an incredible conundrum for Jews in Israel...
Last Week for The Elephant in the Room!
There's still time to get your essay in for the Elephant in the Room contest; the deadline's October 7th, so be sure to send in your...
Yury Kanzburg: Reflections on the Invisible
Gennady Mesh, editor of the web magazine “Russian Globe" reviews new works by Yury Kanzburg.
“All of man's toil is for the sake of...
How has secularism in America changed since 9/11?
As part of the Elephant in the Room, we asked Dr. Christopher Brittain how the discussion on secularism has changed over the past ten years:
I...
The Jew With Two "Beards"
By Steven Philp
To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...
The Jew With Two “Beards”
By Steven Philp
To their neighbors they look like every other Orthodox Jewish couple, a man and woman married for five years with two children in...
Egypt on the Edge
By Adina RosenthalTensions in the Middle East have sadly reached a familiar high. Recently, Gaza militants ambushed Israeli vehicles in southern Israel near Eilat, killing...
Remembering Samuel Menashe
The Jewish poet Samuel Menashe passed away on August 22; the New York native's work, though beloved by fellow poets, did not receive widespread attention...