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Invite non-Jews to your Seder! WHY? Including non-Jews will help combat anti-Semitism! The ground is lurching beneath the feet of
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Babel in Zion:Jews, Nationalism, and Language Diversity in Palestine, 1920–1948 by Liora R. Halperin / Yale University Press / 2014, pp. 328, $40
Poland Trip // 2015
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Fiction // Killing Brother Michael
Leib’s brother was named Michael, after Michael Faraday, creator of the balloon and author of the work The Chemical History of the Candle. Faraday was a prominent chemist and physicist during the mid-1800s, and Leib’s father—a balloonist during the week, an aspiring inventor on weekends—found Mr. Faraday’s biography and rubbery inventions encouraging in both his personal and professional life.
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Book Review // The Zone of Interest
THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis // Alfred A. Knopf // 2014 // pp. 306
Ask the Rabbis // Conversion
How do you decide when a candidate for conversion is ready to become Jewish?
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A Moment Symposium with Robert Barnes / Lyle Denniston / Tony Mauro / Sarah Posner / Leslie C. Griffin / Stephen Wermiel / Marshall Breger / Emily Bazelon / Dahlia Lithwick
Opinion // The Sultan or the Democrat?
Turkish President Erdogan’s irrational behavior is about power, not religion.
Not My Birthday (A Holiday Essay)
by Rachel Maizes Late October, my friend Janet sat across from me in a Thai restaurant in Boulder, Colorado, her