Who's Afraid of Nixon's Anti-Semitism?
By Steven Philp
As governments process the information illicitly made public by Wikileaks, the legal release of conversations recorded during the Nixon administration may seem irrelevant. ...
People of the Book: Jewish Bialystok and Its Diaspora
By Symi Rom-Rymer
The story of Jewish Eastern European immigration is a familiar one. Even if one never had the chance to know their relatives from...
Democracy and Religion Clash in Israel…Again
By Niv Elis and Sophie Taylor
The latest clash of liberalism and religion in Israel accentuates the difficult dilemma of how a democracy deals with the illiberal...
Stop Screaming, and Start Talking
By Lily Hoffman Simon
Imagine the following: on one side of the room, there is a group advocating for Palestinian liberation. Facing them is a group...
Why The Wikileaks Are Not All Bad
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Much of the discussion over the Wikileaks dump has focused on the negative impact of the released cables. But there may be a...
Divided We Stand
By Lily Hoffman Simon
Activism is an age-old Jewish tradition. The most recent example of this was the recent protest at the Jewish Federation’s General Assembly...
It's 1979, do you know where your Nazis are?
By Symi Rom-Rymer
By 1948, World War II had been over for three years, yet hundreds of thousands of refugees and displaced persons remained scattered throughout...
Israel Mulls Settler Freeze
By Doni Kandel
With Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu scrambling to gain approval for a three month construction freeze on settlements, Americans, Palestinians and Israelis have...
Israel’s McCarthy?
By Gabriel Weinstein
When Avigdor Lieberman arrived in Israel from Moldova and began working as an airport porter he probably never imagined he would become Minister...
When Twentysomethings Date
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Every documentary filmmaker fortunate enough to have a close relationship with his mother should include her in a film about his life. Or...
The Limits of Political Protest
By Doni Kandel
In 21st century American culture, political correctness has become a mainstay of the national discourse. While the idea of political correctness is honorable,...
Jordan and Israel: Awkward Bedfellows
By Samantha Sisskind
AMMAN, JORDAN - Two groups met at the banks of one of the world’s most meandering and politically significant rivers in the world....