Culture
Who’s Afraid of Dorit Rabinyan?
The Israeli author became a literary superstar when Israel’s Education Minister called her novel depicting a Palestinian-Israeli romance a threat to Jewish identity and pulled it from the nation’s schools.
by Marilyn Cooper
Politics
Playing To Win
Sheldon Adelson’s launch of Israel Hayom changed the course of Israeli politics. Will the hard-charging casino magnate have the same luck in Las Vegas?
by Wesley G. Pippert and Nadine Epstein
Summer Film Section
A Moment Symposium
Favorite Jewish movie scenes
Starring Carl Reiner, Mayim Bialik, Lee Grant, Leonard Maltin, Kenneth Turan & others.
Interviews by Marilyn Cooper
Jewish Movies to Watch On a Rainy Day
Jewish Roles Played by Non-Jews
Favorite Movie Rabbis
Lunch With Woody (Allen)
After writing an unauthorized biography, the author finally has the lunch of his dreams.
by David Evanier
From The Editor
Observations from China
by Nadine Epstein
The Conversation
Opinion
A peace deal doesn’t need to be ‘beautiful’
by Shmuel Rosner
Are Jews historical artifacts in Europe?
by Naomi Ragen
Waiting for Gadot
by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Would a President Pence be good for the Jews?
by Judith Lynn Failer
Opinion Interview
Dani Dayan: A settler leader turned diplomat
by Nadine Epstein
Jewish Word
Golem: the mutable monster
by Marilyn Cooper
Visual Moment
Tel Aviv’s forgotten Ottoman fountain
by Noah Phillips
Top Ten
The best Jewish web series
by Ellen Wexler
Ask The Rabbis
What is the Jewish relationship to time?
Poem
“On Once Ditching Hebrew School”
by Robert Manaster
Talk of the Table
Where pickle magic happens
by Bonnie S. Benwick
Books
The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew
reviewed by Michael Brenner
Seizing Jerusalem: The Architectures of Unilateral Unification
reviewed by Nilly Harag
For Two Thousand Years
reviewed by Dara Horn
Cartoon Caption Contest
Spice Box