15
Jan
Test Your Knowledge of Jewish Olympians!
The Sochi Olympics are just weeks away. Get ready with our quiz on the Olympics’ rich Jewish past.
15
Jan
Answers to Jewish Olympians Quiz
1. Sarah Hughes
2. Aly Raisman
3. Yael Arad, for judo
4. Dara Torres
5. Oksana Baiul
6. Kerri Strug
7. Gal Fridman, for windsurfing
8. Marty Glickman and Sam Stoller
9. Seven
10....
13
Jan
Q&A: Israeli Singer David Broza on East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem
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By
jtapper
Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza talks about his latest album, the Steve Earle-produced East Jerusalem/West Jerusalem, which was released this week.
10
Jan
Q&A: Historian Melissa R. Klapper on American Jewish Women’s Activism
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil
While the names Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem have become synonymous with second-wave feminism, the role of Jewish women in earlier feminist...
09
Jan
Week in Review: Israel Strikes Natural Gas Deal with Palestinians, the Roots of Jewish Surnames, Harry Styles’s Jewish Kick, and more
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In a rare example of Israeli and Palestinian partnership, investors behind Israel's largest natural gas reserve, Leviathan, have struck a $1.2 billion export deal with...
08
Jan
Visual Moment // Medieval Cairo
By Diane M. Bolz // Today, fewer than 50 Jews remain in Egypt, but for thousands of years the country was home to a series of important Jewish communities.
08
Jan
Can You Beat Peter Sagal? Take Our Quiz Now!
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By
Sarah Breger
Try your hand at our quiz “So you claim to be Jewish?” modeled on Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me’s lightning fill in the blank segment....
07
Jan
Opinion // Jews Aren’t the Only Ones Marrying Out
By Mark Oppenheimer // Fewer and fewer American religious groups practice endogamy today.
07
Jan
Opinion // Rip-Off Rabbis and Sacred Scammers
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By
Naomi Ragen
By Naomi Ragen // Several high-profile Israeli rabbis have come under fire for less-than-holy schemes.
02
Jan
Week in Review: Ariel Sharon, Israel’s Prisoner Release, New Year’s Predictions and much more!
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By
Moment
Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners on Tuesday—the third group set free since peace negotiations with the Palestinians started last July—while at the same time unveiling...
31
Dec
Opinion // Will Israel and the U.S. Break Up over Iran?
By Robert Satloff
Differing approaches to Iran's nuclear program do not bode well for Israel in 2014.
Israel begins 2014 facing a truly Dickensian moment—enjoying the best...
31
Dec
Opinion // The Politics and Ethics of Street Tzedakah
By Letty Cottin Pogrebin
There are many reasons not to give to the homeless, but we should do it anyway.
When I was young, it was axiomatic...