07
Feb
Court Issues New Ruling Over Chabad World Headquarters
The legal battles are inflected by religious differences about whether Schneerson was the—or a—Jewish messiah.
06
Feb
The Short Leap from Anti-science to Antisemitism with Peter Hotez and Jennifer Bardi
Dr. Peter J. Hotez join us for a conversation about antiscience and antisemitism, the connections between the “health freedom” movement and the far right, the dangers vaccine scientists face, and what can be done to stop the spread of these conspiracy theories.
05
Feb
From the Newsletter | Is Context Everything?
When I started doing interviews for the winter issue’s “Moment Debate” on the question “Should students be disciplined for chanting, ‘From the river to the...
05
Feb
Ben-Gvir Boldly Puts Bibi—and Biden—in a Bind
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1. Ben Gvir Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
On Sunday, The Wall...
05
Feb
Israel Dispatch | The Hostage Dilemma: Is There Really No Price Bibi Will Pay?
The families of the estimated 136 hostages remaining in Gaza are getting mixed signals from Prime Minister Netanyahu.
01
Feb
Ask the Rabbis | Does Jewish Wisdom Offer Help in Coping with Depression?
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Moment
The prophet Elijah is in a deep depression.
01
Feb
What Three Words Describe Your Judaism?
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During Hanukkah, we asked participants on /r/Jewish, a discussion forum on the social media platform Reddit, to describe their Jewish observance in three words and, if they wanted, to expand on what it means to them.
01
Feb
01
Feb
The Conversation
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Thanks for the wonderful piece Dan Freedman wrote about his father Alfred Freedman’s role in depathologizing homosexuality in 1973 when he was president of the American Psychiatric Association (“Keepers of the Diagnostic Keys,” November/December 2023).
01
Feb
Red Sea Rebels: Yemen and the Houthis with Michael Knights and Nadine Epstein
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Join Michael Knights from The Washington Institute for Near East Policy for a conversation about Yemen, the Houthi rebels and the threat they pose for a wider war in the Middle East.
31
Jan
Wisdom Project | Lusia Milch, 92: “Doing Nothing Is Not Acceptable”
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Pam Janis
Lusia Milch, the spokeswoman for “Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated” discusses her tough survival of the Holocaust and her message for Jews to never give up their fight to eliminate antisemitism.
30
Jan
ICJ Decision Puts Ball in Bibi’s Court: Israel Must Show It’s Complying with International Law
Reactions in Israel to the ICJ decision have ranged from outrage, to a sigh of relief, to a sobering assessment of its broad domestic and international implications.