The Story of Sergey Brin
It takes a bit of searching to find Sergey Brin’s office at the Googleplex. Tucked away in a corner of
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May
01
May
A House Divided
Following the end of apartheid, students living in the dorms of the University of the Free State in South Africa heartily embraced integration. At first it went well, then the students chose to resegregate. What caused social progress to surge forward and then reverse course?
27
Mar
Nathan Guttman: Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Why is America’s strongest faith-based bloc that opposes the war—the Jewish community—sitting this conflict out? From the front lines of
28
Feb
Solar Eclipsed?
Thanks to Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, the Jewish state was a pioneer in solar power. Now some of the country’s brightest solar innovators say they are being held back by red tape and a lack of government support.
08
Feb
Bell Man
One of the last in a lineage of great Jewish violinists, this “farm boy” of the American heartland drives a
15
Jan
Fiction | A Beggar’s Place
It’s raining again, and Estrella takes her green umbrella with her. Six, seven years ago, when she could afford to
03
Jan
At Home With Norman Podhoretz
Having abandoned the left six decades ago, The 83-year-old former editor of Commentary and grumpy grandfather of the right is
31
Dec
Elephant in the Room | How Has Anxiety Affected You, Your Family or the Jewish People?
Our second annual Elephant in the Room Essay Contest—in partnership with the Andrew Kukes Foundation for Social Anxiety—seeks to lessen
31
Dec
Jewish Word | Tsuris
Nobody Knows the Tsuris I’ve Seen… “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen,” laments an African-American spiritual. In Yiddish, this feeling
31
Dec
Uncle Xenon: The Elemental Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks opens the door of his lower Manhattan apartment himself because his assistant, Kate Edgar, is in the emergency