31
Jul
Natan Sharansky: Act III, Scene I
Soviet Jewry’s leading man has had a career of many acts: dissident, politician and now, head of Israel’s Jewish Agency. Through them all, he has...
31
Jul
Israel’s Highless Marijuana
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by Daniela Enriquez
A new oxymoron is born. After non-alcoholic beer and decaf coffee, the world is finally ready to welcome “highless” marijuana. Israeli scientists working...
28
Jul
The Secret Life of Jewish Genes
The question of who is a Jew has become a knot of complexities. I once heard Benjamin Netanyahu say in jest at a lunch at The...
28
Jul
The New Gene Cuisine
In Genesis, Jacob asks his father-in-law, Laban, to compensate him for 14 years of unpaid labor. His request is strange: all the speckled and spotted...
28
Jul
Genia Brin’s Double Parkinson’s Mutation
Eugenia Brin was 48 when she first noticed that her left leg was dragging. It took two years for doctors finally to diagnose her with...
28
Jul
Jewish Word | The God Gene
Finding Faith in DNA
Why do some people believe in God, while others don’t? Is it a person’s choice, the result of upbringing or simply divine...
28
Jul
Bella Abzug: The Woman Congress Could Not Intimidate
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By
Irin Carmon
“Find out if your girlfriend is a feminist before you get too far into it,” Phyllis Schlafly told assembled students at The Citadel military academy...
28
Jul
Eetta Prince-Gibson: Israel’s No-Win African Refugee Situation
In late May, protestors rioted against the tens of thousands of African migrant workers and asylum seekers living in south Tel Aviv. They attacked passersby,...
28
Jul
Clifford D. May: Khamenei’s Sacred Word: Destroy Israel
There’s nothing wrong with negotiating with your enemies. There is something wrong if you don’t know that those sitting across the table from you are...
28
Jul
Naomi Ragen: Has Israel Lost Control Over the Iranian Situation?
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Naomi Ragen
On the sleepy afternoon of March 21, 2012, alarm sirens went off all over Jerusalem, sending me and my racing heart lunging toward our air...
28
Jul
From the Managing Editor
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By
Sarah Breger
I was nervous when I answered the phone call from Bennett Greenspan, president and CEO of the genetic testing company Family Tree DNA. As part...
28
Jul
An Olympian Struggle
A DANIEL PEARL INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM INITIATIVE PROJECT
The nation’s first and only boycott of Israeli products by a food co-op ignites a fiercely personal community and...