Yoo-hoo, Ms. Rivers!
by Amanda Walgrove As she’d be the first to joke about, Joan Rivers has tough skin. While her 2010 documentary,
by Amanda Walgrove As she’d be the first to joke about, Joan Rivers has tough skin. While her 2010 documentary,
By Michelle Albert Four car bombs exploded in front of Shiite mosques in Baghdad this morning, killing 39 people and
By Sarah Breger MILLIONS OF CATHOLICS ARE OF JEWISH ANCESTRY Steve Jones of the UK Telegraph examines the complex issues of
By Sarah Breger Today’s the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. But 150
By Maxine Springer A new series of postage stamps celebrating four U.S. justices includes Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter, two
By Jeremy Gillick The release last week of Laish, Aharon Appelfeld’s latest book to be translated into English, provided an
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Israel votes for a new leader today. A super duper quick review: Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his
Our new issue is out! Our cover story celebrates the inauguration of Barack Obama with an exclusive photo essay spotlighting
by Jeremy Gillick Much of the West Bank is in turmoil following this morning’s highly anticipated evacuation of the Orwellian
By Jeremy Gillick “Rise and go to the town of the killings,” Bialik wrote of Kishinev, the Moldovan city, formerly
By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler All our Thanksgiving weekends were touched with sadness as news from Mumbai interrupted what should have been
By Mandy Katz The Israel Philharmonic must be the most relaxed symphony orchestra in the world. Really, some of these