03
Mar
Opinion // Shmuel Rosner
Pity the Israeli Voter: No matter which party is in power, Israelis will end up disappointed.
03
Mar
From the Editor // March/April 2015
The ground is lurching beneath the feet of European Jews, with anti-Semitism rising up around them. We American Jews are rightly concerned at this alarming turn of events. We fear the spread of this new, especially virulent form of anti-Semitism to our own shores. We feel disgusted but helpless. What can we do?
27
Feb
Emanuele Ottolenghi on Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
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By
Sala Levin
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint meeting of Congress next week, which will outline the case against a nuclear deal with Iran, White...
24
Feb
Opinion // Fania Oz-Salzberger
Regardless of the outcome of Israel’s general elections on March 17, the campaign for the 20th Knesset will be remembered for its verbal brutality, rhetoric shallowness and viral viciousness. Never has an Israeli election been so devoid of serious debate on the core issues. Whether Netanyahu or Herzog and Livni win at the polls, the main loser is already known: rational debate and communal ethos.
24
Feb
Opinion // Shmuel Rosner
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By
Sarah Breger
An Israeli voter is not to be envied. So many parties to choose from, so many promises to be tempted by—the voter knows that most of these are empty promises—and so many post-election scenarios to take into account.
21
Feb
Invite non-Jews to your Seder!
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By
Moment
Editor and publisher Nadine Epstein asks you to invite a non-Jew to your seder this year in order to help combat anti-Semitism.
19
Feb
Book Review: Eichmann Before Jerusalem
Eichman Before Jeruslem: The Unexamined Life ofa Mass Murderer / Bettina Stangneth / Translated from the German by Ruth Martin / Alfred A. Knopf / 2014, pp. 579, $35
19
Feb
Book Review // Queen of Thieves
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By
Sam Roberts
Queen of Thieves: The True Story of “Marm” Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York by J. North Conway / Skyhorse Publishing / 2014, pp. 240, $24.95
19
Feb
Book Review // Babel in Zion
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By
Shaul Magid
Babel in Zion:Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920–1948 by Liora R. Halperin / Yale University Press / 2014, pp. 328, $40
17
Feb
Israeli Ambassador to Denmark Responds to Copenhagen Shootings
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By
On Monday evening, a huge memorial rally was held in Copenhagen for the victims of the weekend's shootings, in which a gunman killed two people,...
12
Feb
Morris Abram: The Man Who Unmasked the KKK and Helped Establish “One Person, One Vote”
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By
Rachel Gross
by Cecily Abram
Those who remember Morris Berthold Abram may recall his tenure as president of Brandeis University during the tumultuous years of 1968-1970. Yet many...
06
Feb
Color Red, Color Red
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By
by David W. Weiss
July 14, 2014
We have just been seated on the motorized cart that takes handicapped passengers to the departure gates when the sirens...