26
Sep
Revisiting ‘Choosing a Jewish Life’
Anita Diamant has updated her groundbreaking book, “Choosing a Jewish Life,” to provide creative and innovative guidance to those seeking to convert.
23
Sep
If You Don’t Vote? ‘I’ll Haunt You When I Die’
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Ellen Wexler
If the 2016 election weren’t surreal enough, if this year’s campaign ads weren’t strange enough: Well, now there’s this.
21
Sep
Jewish Word // Yiches
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By
Moment
When Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow appeared on NBC’s hit show “Who Do You Think You Are?” she was delighted to discover that her paternal great-great-great grandfather, Tzvi Hirsch, was a prominent rabbi, kabbalist and purported miracle-worker in Novogrod, Poland…
21
Sep
Young readers share their thoughts about Wiesel’s Night
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navid
I grew up hearing the stories of my grandparents, who both survived the Holocaust, but when I read Night, it was in a different setting than I was used to: The text was assigned for my 9th-grade English class…
20
Sep
A New Kind of Campaign Ad
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By
In his latest campaign ad, Jason Kander stands in an empty warehouse. Wearing a button-down shirt and a blindfold, he begins to assemble an AR-15 rifle.
16
Sep
‘While I’m Here’: A Look Back at Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel was an actor, a folksinger, a Yiddish speaker, an activist. Now, a group of musicians is making its own attempt at preserving Bikel’s legacy.
15
Sep
Book Review // Decoding Chomsky
Decoding Chomsky
Chris Knight
Yale University Press
2016, pp. 304
By Robert F. Barsky
Chris Knight’s new book begins with the unpromising statement that he, in encountering Chomsky’s work, would...
14
Sep
Elisha Wiesel Remembers His Father
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“Whenever I want to hear my father’s voice, I can pick up a book from my bedside and I can hear him speak.”
13
Sep
Five Whiskey Recommendations
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Sarah Breger
In our September/October issue, we wrote about American whiskey’s little-known Jewish heritage. Now, explore five whiskey recommendations.
13
Sep
Top Ten Jewish Podcasts: Reader Edition
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By
Anna Isaacs
We gave you a list of our top ten favorite Jewish podcasts and you responded in kind. By popular demand, here are ten more!
13
Sep
The Books That Shaped You
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We asked our readers to tell us their own stories about books that changed them. Here are some of our favorites.
13
Sep
The Many Legacies of Elie Wiesel
With the death of Elie Wiesel, the world has lost one of the most powerful voices of the past century… Interviews with Ted Koppel, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Dina Porat, Natan Sharansky, Leon Wieseltier, Elisha Wiesel and more