04
May
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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...
02
Apr
Jewish Word // Judeans
These days, all eyes are on what many are calling the new anti-Semitism, arising from both far-right and far-left politics, radical Islam and virulent anti-Zionist ideologies. But the old anti-Semitism isn’t forgotten—a 2013 Anti-Defamation League poll showed that 26 percent of Americans believe that “Jews were responsible for the death of Jesus.”
02
Apr
Our Bread of Affliction
by Liat Deener-Chodirker
Every year at the Passover seder, Jews across the world celebrate our liberation from slavery, enjoying meals of abundance while eating matzah, the...