Deborah Pardes: News Without Substance
"Young people are getting news in a very Pop Tart kind of way. There's no real fiber there."
Letter from Berkeley | What Do Campus Encampment Protesters Really Want?
Noah Phillips visits the University of California-Berkeley campus and discovers the limitations of dialogue.
B’Ivrit | The Israeli Press Doesn’t Know What to Do About Biden
Plus: Israelis viewed Eurovision 2024, which took place in Malmo, Sweden, as nothing less than another battlefield.
Analysis | Chutzpah Gone Viral: Why Israel Produces So Many Cyber Leaders
Compulsory military service, a rarity among Western states today, may be the single most important source of Israel’s cyber prowess.
If These Walls Could Talk: Columbia’s Hamilton Hall—1968-2024 with Glenn Frankel, Robert Siegel, Susan Rubin Suleiman and Amy E. Schwartz
Join Glenn Frankel, Robert Siegel and Susan Rubin Suleiman as they discuss the similarities and differences between the 1968 and 2024 protests, from divisions within the student body and faculty to free speech vs. radicalization to the construction and destruction of barricades to the food!
Opinion | Why I Cannot Celebrate Mother’s Day 2024 in New York City
I have no doubt that the sweaty, swaying kids on campus believed that they had found their Vietnam. Too bad their Vietnam was my 1932 Reichstag elections.
Interview | Aviva Kempner’s ‘A Pocketful of Miracles’
Aviva Kempner's latest film details how her mother and uncle survived the Holocaust and ultimately found success in America after the war.
Ask the Rabbis | Can You Be Disqualified From Being a Jew?
"To answer this question, we have to ask first what makes one a Jew."
The Muses of October 7
A new exhibit at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, seeks to explore creativity in the midst of tragedy and war.
Five Players in the Campus Protest Showdown
Who's seizing the moment of U.S. campus protests against Gaza war, who's holding the key, who's the tragic hero, favorite villain and more.
From the Newsletter | A Visit to the GW Protest Encampment
It all feels very important and simultaneously exasperating and hard to navigate.
Opinion | Silencing Criticism in the Name of Antisemitism Awareness
Passing the Antisemitism Awareness Act in response to students protesting the war in Gaza is a cynical, or at best naïve move says Professor Omer Bartov.