05
May
Opinion // Are You For Us or Against Us?
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navid
There is only one right way to support Israel and be Jewish today. By Naomi Ragen
04
May
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: “The Notorious RBG”
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By
Moment
Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman to join the Supreme Court, after Sandra Day O’Connor, and the first Jewish woman.
04
May
Opinion // The Israeli Rabbinate: The Origin Story
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by Elli Fischer
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the British military and Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, all played a role in creating the powerful chief...
04
May
Opinion // Sorry, Bibi, You’re Not Winston
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The Israeli prime minister sees himself as a new Churchill, but the real lessons of statesmanship elude him.
30
Apr
Susannah Heschel on the Legacy of Her Father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Civil Rights Movement
By Nadine Epstein
Moment: Tell me about this photo. It’s so famous, and we see it all the time—but what’s really happening there?
Susannah Heschel: This is...
23
Apr
Forgotten Trials of the Holocaust – Interview with Frank Tuerkheimer
This week in Germany, former SS guard Oskar Groning is on trial for his role in Auschwitz more than 70 years ago. The 93 year...
23
Apr
Book Review // Why Not Say What Happened
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WHY NOT SAY WHAT HAPPENED:
A Sentimental Education
Morris Dickstein
Liveright Publishing Corporation
W.W. Norton
2015, pp. 320 $27.95
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Review by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
In the foreword of his affecting memoir, Why Not...
16
Apr
Book Review // The Girl from Human Street
The Girl from Human Street by Roger Cohen // Alfred A. Knopf // 2015, pp. 320, $27.95
16
Apr
Father and Son in America: A Memorial Candle
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By
Sala Levin
by Howard R. Wolf
When, in 1978, I sent my brother--who has lived in Portugal for more than 40 years--a book I had written about our...
08
Apr
Next Year in Beijing?
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By
by Sophie Lavine
In the spring of 2013, our family of four broke from our usual Passover routine and spent the holiday in Beijing, China--not the...
07
Apr
An Inside Look at the World Zionist Congress Elections
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by Liat Deener-Chodirker
Every few years, Diaspora Jews have the opportunity to vote for the World Zionist Congress, which oversees the World Zionist Organization. The congress...
03
Apr
Religious Liberties and Gay Rights in Indiana
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by Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
Following a weeklong outcry over Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act—which was criticized for curtailing gay rights—state Republicans have now announced that they...