Beshert | Meant to Be?
For the first hour or so, it seemed like he was putting on airs, so I didn’t feel particularly interested. But at some point, he suddenly dropped the act. In retrospect, he remembers feeling that he was too tired to keep it going. He told me his mother’s memorial service was the next day, and he showed me the eulogy he had written. It was not a normal date. And I’ve never gotten to know someone so quickly. I don’t remember how I felt or how I reacted to the news of his mother’s death, but Tom remembers I took his hand.
Introducing ‘Beshert’—a Series on Jewish Love
Is your love beshert—“meant to be”? A feature on Jewish love stories, written by you.
With Plans to Withdraw Troops From Syria, Is Trump Still Israel’s ‘True Friend’?
No less surprising than Trump’s decision to withdraw forces from Northern Syria, following a single phone call with Turkey’s Erdogan, was the new defiant energy this move injected in the Republican Party. After sticking with Trump as he struggled to explain the Ukrainian affair, members of his party suddenly found their voice.
Jane Mayer’s Remarks at 2018 Moment Gala
‘Transparent’ Leaves This World a Stranger to Itself
The show has always played with its central family’s Jewish identity and customs in offbeat, transgressive ways, allowing the gender politics and arrested development of its central characters to twist their relationship to their own faith.
Beshert | A Feline Love Story
Beshert surprised me in the five-pound form of a rescue cat with one eye and a crooked gait.
Beshert | ‘Pardon Me, But Is This Seat Taken?’
A cute British man, my age, randomly met on a train in a foreign country (for me) that I wasn’t supposed to be on, shared my quirky passion!
Beshert | From a Shiva to My Lifetime Love
I was at a Labor Zionist meeting the night my mother died.
Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s debuts ‘Tzedek Collar’ on First Monday
Remembering Pittsburgh and Fortifying American Jewish Life
As we approach the first yahrtzeit of the Pittsburgh attack, it may be worthwhile taking a moment to look at what has been done, and what still needs to be done, to make sure it is a commemoration of past evil, not a turning point in American Jewish life.
‘Heavyweight’ Is a Podcast About Reconnecting With Your Past
In one episode, Goldstein explores his long-lost dream of becoming a rabbi; in another, he interviews his first girlfriend, trying to figure out where their relationship went wrong.